Coalition 4 TJ Loses AGAIN at the 4th Circuit Level - TJ Admissions Policy Upheld

[Anonymous]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/23/thomas-jefferson-admissions-policy-upheld/

... in which the 4th Circuit correctly notes that Asian Americans:

- were the only racial group with a substantially higher percentage of offers per application
- saw an enormous benefit for their low-income members (51 offers to low-income Asians compared to ONE prior to the change)
- were not the target of intentional discrimination by the School Board - whose members rejected a proposal (the infamous merit lottery) that provided race-based statistical underpinnings and who expressed significant concern about the consequences of the proposal by the former Superintendent specifically because of issues of possible disparate impact.

It was always the case that the Coalition was bringing nonsense to the Courts here. That a pair of conservative judges, Hilton and Rushing, are swayed by their charlatan logic is an indictment of those who nominated them.

[Anonymous]

Once the Supreme court rules that Harvard and UNC were wrong, this will be re-litigated. Merit should be the only criterion for Advanced Academic programs. Next year, the old admissions policy will be back!!!

[Anonymous]

Already a thread:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1134231.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Already a thread:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1134231.page

It belongs in the AAP forum, so hopefully this one won’t be inappropriately deleted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Already a thread:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1134231.page

It belongs in the AAP forum, so hopefully this one won’t be inappropriately deleted.

This is correct. Matters involving TJ have always historically lived in the AAP forum, meaning the other thread in FCPS should be either moved or removed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Once the Supreme court rules that Harvard and UNC were wrong, this will be re-litigated. Merit should be the only criterion for Advanced Academic programs. Next year, the old admissions policy will be back!!!

Merit can be defined in different ways. Sure, merit can be the only criterion for these programs, but the school board gets to define what qualifies as merit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once the Supreme court rules that Harvard and UNC were wrong, this will be re-litigated. Merit should be the only criterion for Advanced Academic programs. Next year, the old admissions policy will be back!!!

Merit can be defined in different ways. Sure, merit can be the only criterion for these programs, but the school board gets to define what qualifies as merit.

Exactly. I have a hard time imagining what could be more meritorious than academic success in the face of economic or environmental adversity.

Sure, rich kids whose parents fought through that adversity so their kids wouldn’t have to don’t have access to that particular brand of merit. But it’s not like all of the rich prepped kids have disappeared at TJ. There’s just fewer of them now.