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Anonymous
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https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/politics/doj-thomas-jefferson-high-school-fairfax How does this impact next year's admissions process? Should students prepare for just the essay or will they be tested in middle school math, science and English? |
Anonymous
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I didn't think Trump cared about minorities...LOL wait until DOGE hears about this.
Unless their goal is to shutter TJ. |
Anonymous
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I don't like the current TJ admissions process and think prior processes (there were multiple) were all better.
That said, I'm tired of distractions from what's actually important - giving our kids the highest quality education possible. Like, let's make sure we're teaching primary grade kids how to read and stuffing young brains with facts, teaching middle schoolers how to reason, and giving high schoolers opportunities to excel. |
Anonymous
Any preference is an admission of failure. FCPS has failed poor and URM students. |
Anonymous
Agree with both points, and I'll add that I hate the idea of taxpayer money going toward the legal defense of FCPS' wrongheaded TJ policy. What a waste of resources! |
Anonymous
If that were the goal TJ would not exist and you would use that money for the county to improve high schools around the county. |
Anonymous
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Republicans continue to push this crap for political purposes.
They should just close TJ down. |
Anonymous
Agree. |
Anonymous
The bolded is not part of a “highest quality education possible.” |
Anonymous
| There's still a DOJ Civil Rights probing area? That shocks me. And that they are functional and have time for this. |
Anonymous
Why do you agree that TJ should shut down? There are Governors schools all over the state, why should the only Governors school in our area close down? Should Fairfax have to pay taxes to the state to support all of the other schools and not have even one school for our own students? |
Anonymous
Because the constant attack from Republicans is detracting from our kids receiving an education. |
Anonymous
You haven't kept up with the research (not that this idea is new, but new research is confirming it): https://education.virginia.edu/news-stories/study-knowledge-rich-curriculum-significantly-boosts-reading-scores |
Anonymous
NP. I don’t think it should be shut down but I’m so sick of republicans pulling this garbage while we foot the tax bill to fight it and our kids suffer diminished funds for education in favor of legal battles. |
Anonymous
| TJ has been more trouble than it’s worth for a long time. Miyares doesn’t want to close TJ down. They want to use TJ as a prop to appeal to Asian voters in the fall elections. The SB should call their bluff, shut TJ down, and return TJ to use as a community school. It takes up way too much time and attention while other problems in FCPS are ignored year after year. |