Let's think of ALL the ways that families might game the new TJ admissions process

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sadly, the culture of the classes of 2022-2024 will not be welcoming to URMs. Why would an URM or white family want to send their son/daughter into an environment where they would not be welcomed by the older students.

This will play out in clubs, etc big time. The students already crowd out those that are “other” for slots in clubs and especially club leadership.

The FCPS leaders want quick, easy answers. Those answers don’t exist. Did you see how Brabrand dodged the Curiegate question yesterday? They know that they created the incentives for Curiegate and refuse to own it. They are creating an entirely set of incentives with this new plan. I hope they go in with their eyes OPEN and are not just HOPING.

This is terrible. My Class of 2024 student would never do this, and it would be a shame if parents influenced their children to do this. The students are the victims/pawns in all of this. Let's not taint them any more than they've already been tainted by this ugliness.

[Anonymous]

Virtual school is only going to last for a year, hopefully. I doubt that parents are transferring their kids this year to game the systems.

Kids will have to attend the school for at least a year in a regular year. So parents will have to be willing to rent a place and then transport their kid to a different school for a year. And the areas with fewer kids attending TJ, and hence with a likely greater chance to be selected in the lottery, are likely to be at schools with fewer after school options. So parents will have to decide that it is worth it to rent an apartment that they might not use, drive their kid a larger distance to a school that they probably don't think is as strong and with fewer after school STEM options.

I don't see that happening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:By setting up a regional vs county-wide lottery, they absolutely open up the “short term” rental loophole. Especially in the virtual environment and with many AAP centers crossing Regions, this is going to happen more than the FCPS staff would like to acknowledge. Families with extra cash will again be buy their way into a much better shot at TJ with a simple lease agreement.

+1 even families from outside of the DC area.

This proposal has many unintended consequences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Virtual school is only going to last for a year, hopefully. I doubt that parents are transferring their kids this year to game the systems.

Kids will have to attend the school for at least a year in a regular year. So parents will have to be willing to rent a place and then transport their kid to a different school for a year. And the areas with fewer kids attending TJ, and hence with a likely greater chance to be selected in the lottery, are likely to be at schools with fewer after school options. So parents will have to decide that it is worth it to rent an apartment that they might not use, drive their kid a larger distance to a school that they probably don't think is as strong and with fewer after school STEM options.

I don't see that happening.

Never ever underestimate the TJ mania among certain parents.

It is already happening. Sad, but true. If FCPS does not tighten things down and it’s only where the student lives on the application date, you can be assured that there will be plenty of families getting a short term lease.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sadly, the culture of the classes of 2022-2024 will not be welcoming to URMs. Why would an URM or white family want to send their son/daughter into an environment where they would not be welcomed by the older students.

This will play out in clubs, etc big time. The students already crowd out those that are “other” for slots in clubs and especially club leadership.

The FCPS leaders want quick, easy answers. Those answers don’t exist. Did you see how Brabrand dodged the Curiegate question yesterday? They know that they created the incentives for Curiegate and refuse to own it. They are creating an entirely set of incentives with this new plan. I hope they go in with their eyes OPEN and are not just HOPING.

This is terrible. My Class of 2024 student would never do this, and it would be a shame if parents influenced their children to do this. The students are the victims/pawns in all of this. Let's not taint them any more than they've already been tainted by this ugliness.

Read the students comments on TJ Vents about the proposal. The attitudes of the current student body are undeniable.

[Anonymous]

Here's what's hilarious - the more families out there that choose to do this, the less likely it is that it will work for any one of them as an individual family.

I'll bet you there are folks from Regions 1 and 2 who are floating this idea to see if people will bite on it and thus increase their own chances by staying home.

There is no end to the underhanded crap that people will try to pull in order to gain admission to a school that they're already talking about as being "ruined".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sadly, the culture of the classes of 2022-2024 will not be welcoming to URMs. Why would an URM or white family want to send their son/daughter into an environment where they would not be welcomed by the older students.

This will play out in clubs, etc big time. The students already crowd out those that are “other” for slots in clubs and especially club leadership.

The FCPS leaders want quick, easy answers. Those answers don’t exist. Did you see how Brabrand dodged the Curiegate question yesterday? They know that they created the incentives for Curiegate and refuse to own it. They are creating an entirely set of incentives with this new plan. I hope they go in with their eyes OPEN and are not just HOPING.

This is terrible. My Class of 2024 student would never do this, and it would be a shame if parents influenced their children to do this. The students are the victims/pawns in all of this. Let's not taint them any more than they've already been tainted by this ugliness.

Read the students comments on TJ Vents about the proposal. The attitudes of the current student body are undeniable.

It's almost as if the current TJ students don't realize that they are the problem that FCPS is trying to fix.

[Anonymous]

Stay quiet ya’ll

We don’t want to tip our hands to FCPS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Private school families will be the most advantaged because they can rent in a low interest region for a short while without even moving there or uprooting their child's education.

This. Private schools families are the winners hands down.

[Anonymous]

I predict a ton of Asian families moving to Lake Barcroft. The schools were always the issue now it could be the benefit. And it's right down the street.

[Anonymous]

I'd have the kid take a DNA test to see if there is even a slight trace of black/hispanic/American Indian/any minority-type and claim that as my kid's ethnicity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Private school families will be the most advantaged because they can rent in a low interest region for a short while without even moving there or uprooting their child's education.

This. Private schools families are the winners hands down.

The privileged Whites get what they want.

Back at the top of the food chain, while posing as woke.

[Anonymous]

There is really no point to game the system. TJ will no longer be desirable for many families. TJ as we know it, will be destroyed in three years when the current students graduate. TJ will be just another Edison Academy. Funny FCPS think having two STEM academies in Alexandria is the way to go. Wealthy white schools will benefit the most.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stay quiet ya’ll

We don’t want to tip our hands to FCPS

Braband checking in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is really no point to game the system. TJ will no longer be desirable for many families. TJ as we know it, will be destroyed in three years when the current students graduate. TJ will be just another Edison Academy. Funny FCPS think having two STEM academies in Alexandria is the way to go. Wealthy white schools will benefit the most.

This is right. Why would someone still be gunning for TJ? Do people not get what happened here?