Governor Glenn Youngkin Calls for Attorney General Jason Miyares to Investigate the Leadership of Th

[Anonymous]

Northern Virginia High School Reportedly Withheld Test Scores from More Than 1,000 Students, Preventing College Scholarship Opportunities

RICHMOND, VA - Following recent news reports, Governor Glenn Youngkin today called for Virginia's Attorney General Jason Miyares to investigate allegations that information about National Merit Awards, as determined by student PSAT scores, was withheld from students at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology until after important deadlines for college scholarships had passed.

“We need to get to the bottom of what appears to be an egregious, deliberate attempt to disadvantage high-performing students at one of the best schools in the country,” said Governor Glenn Youngkin. “Parents and students deserve answers and Attorney General Miyares will initiate a full investigation. I believe this failure may have caused material harm to those students and their parents, and that this failure may have violated the Virginia Human Rights Act.”

https://www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/news-releases/2023/january/name-967965-en.html

[Anonymous]

That's a lot of words.

[Anonymous]

Glenn's dimmer than Kevin McCarthy's prospects of being Speaker of the House or Donald Trump's hopes of being elected president.

[Anonymous]

Isn't there some crime somewhere in VA that Miyares could actually fight? Is there no fraud, abuse, embezzlement happening in VA now? No toxic dumping or telephone scams?

[Anonymous]

I'd personally love an investigation into the investigation, in order to know just how much coordination there was between Asra Nomani and Youngkin's folks before Asra even released her "expose."

[Anonymous]

Making support for TJ partisan seems like a real smart move by the coalition. I mean, it relies on a 100% blue school board and has local state reps who are all democrats, and Virginia vacillates between the parties, but it's not like democrats would ever just say enough and close the school, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd personally love an investigation into the investigation, in order to know just how much coordination there was between Asra Nomani and Youngkin's folks before Asra even released her "expose."

File FOIA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd personally love an investigation into the investigation, in order to know just how much coordination there was between Asra Nomani and Youngkin's folks before Asra even released her "expose."

Totally coordinated.

Absolutely disgusting that she - and Youngkin - continue to use these kids as pawns.

[Anonymous]

Good. This incident should absolutely be investigated, and the principal fired if what accused of comes to light.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good. This incident should absolutely be investigated, and the principal fired if what accused of comes to light.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd personally love an investigation into the investigation, in order to know just how much coordination there was between Asra Nomani and Youngkin's folks before Asra even released her "expose."

Totally coordinated.

Absolutely disgusting that she - and Youngkin - continue to use these kids as pawns.

Manufactured outrage elevated by the man who shamelessly used attacks on education for his political motives. Such a corrupt party. TJ parents don’t care about this; right wing activists care to attack FCPS. Imagine the idiocy of Youngkin choosing this as a human rights violation to investigate.

[Anonymous]

Of course but everything involving TJ in recent years seems highly political - either Democrats making changes to TJ to try and improve their standing with Black and Hispanic voters or the Republicans pushing back to try and gain more Asian voters. The culture wars get tiring and meanwhile the things that matter to the majority of people without kids at TJ get ignored.

[Anonymous]

I was at the mtg held tonight at TJ on this. Multiple seniors commented that this seems overblown for the size of mistake that was made since for the typical TJ student this is not one of the limited number of awards they would likely put on their applications.

Some parents there were impacted by the delay and voicing concern but most of the angry people were there to complain more broadly - mostly about the admission process and seemed under the view that the new admission was created by the current TJ administration rather than FCPS and the school board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd personally love an investigation into the investigation, in order to know just how much coordination there was between Asra Nomani and Youngkin's folks before Asra even released her "expose."

Totally coordinated.

Absolutely disgusting that she - and Youngkin - continue to use these kids as pawns.

Totally agree. 100%

[Anonymous]

Taking out all the feelings, here are the facts:
1. TJ was sent letters to distribute to students by the National Merit Corp. Letters were dated September.
2. National Merit Corp didn’t put enough postage on TJ package.
3. Letters were received at TJ mid October.
4. TJ principal signed letters mid October (within 48 hrs of receipt)
5. Students received letters on Nov 14.

TJ administration didn’t do their job in a timely manner - pure and simple. They failed and frankly they should have known better. The letters arrive at TJ every year and someone should have been asking where they were/why weren’t they distributed. IMO they should have been distributed right when they were signed.

DC goes to TJ. I wonder how the same administration would like it when DC turns in an assignment a month late - oh wait. They don’t take it well. They tell DC tough luck and deal with the consequences. Now they have to deal the consequences of their “late” work. What’s good for the goose…