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TJHSST Director of Admissions leaves FCPS after 25 years
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Anonymous
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Jeremy Shughart, the former Director of Admissions for TJHSST for the past 11 years has left FCPS for a new governor’s lab school in Loudoun County Public Schools.
https://www.loudounnow.com/news/education/access-academy-for-at-risk-students-hires-coordinator-plans-admissions/article_893101e6-b27d-11ef-812c-7f1d43e193af.html |
Anonymous
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The Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) Admissions Office manages the application process for students applying for admission.
The TJHSST Admissions Office is responsible for administering an objective, equitable admissions process to the school, supporting its goal to serve a diverse student population demonstrating excellence and passion for science, technology, engineering, and math. The Admissions Office operates independently of the school. The TJHSST Admissions Office reports to the Chief Equity Officer. |
Anonymous
| Who cares? |
Anonymous
| Apparently you or else to wouldn’t have opened the post and taken the time to comment. |
Anonymous
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Smart move.
He’s clearly seen the writing on the wall and is going where his talents for sifting through applications and selecting the best and brightest strictly based on academic merit and demonstrated talent will be utilized again. Equity admissions is “Equality of outcome” and by definition it will devalue TJ as a top school…..by design. May take a few years to see in reality, but that’s the entire purpose of equity re-engineering of that school. |
Anonymous
OH I know! TJ is now selecting the top students instead of the rigged process where parents could buy their way in. It's time to find a new scam. |
Anonymous
| Which school is be going to? |
Anonymous
Wow. Stop spreading fake news. The data show that TJ is not selecting the top students. Don't know if past process was rigged, but current process is off too. |
Anonymous
TJ is accepting way too many unprepared kids right now. Wealthy families tend to invest more human capital in their kids and the best, so the brightest are frequently affluent. If you want to select for students based on where you think they might be IF they had the same resources then you are discounting the value of investing in human capital. At some point just being the best has to matter. Life doesn't grade on a curve. |
Anonymous
+1000 |
Anonymous
#fakenews |
Anonymous
TJ now selects the very top students from each school, unlike the past, where it selected students from a few wealthy students, where many bought early access to the test questions. |
Anonymous
It doesn't even do that. It randomly selects from the self selected applicants from each school. In the past it was selecting a bit more on merit and merit can be increased through investment in human capital. Affluent schools tend to have more of that. The best way to identify gifted poor kids is with a test. Harvard thinks so MIT thinks so Brown thinks so Stuyvesant high school proves it Bronx science proves it Brooklyn tech proves it Bring back the test and bring back merit. it really is that simple. |
Anonymous
Or the students who have more points due to added “bonus points” for being ELL and FARMS. |
Anonymous
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I first read governor's lab school and was thinking a new academic year governor's school (like TJ), but this is one of the new charter schools. Interesting.
I do think Loudoun could easily have a new academic year governor's school and this area would support it with enough skilled students. |