TJ admissions now verifying free and reduced price meal status for successful 2026 applicants

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Anonymous wrote:I guarantee that there are parents of admitted students hiring lawyers to respond. FCPS caused this situation by not asking the question clearly for two years in a row despite many parents pointing out the issues.

If admitted parents band together, I don’t see how FCPS can fight them affectively. There are statements on the FCPS website, in email blasts and in news bulletins from school board members. Many of these contain the words “all students are eligible for free meals”.

The TJ admissions office should have done their jobs and figured out a solution BEFORE sending out offers. Not after the sh!t is already out of the horse.

So you’re saying you are among those who misled TJ admissions?

It was a stroke of genius to include this question and filter out all the toxic liars and cheats. I'm so impressed by FCPS!

You turned what was an unintentional fiasco into a stroke of genius?

Considering the type of kids that they'll catch, yes

You may be surprised.

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Anonymous wrote:I guarantee that there are parents of admitted students hiring lawyers to respond. FCPS caused this situation by not asking the question clearly for two years in a row despite many parents pointing out the issues.

If admitted parents band together, I don’t see how FCPS can fight them affectively. There are statements on the FCPS website, in email blasts and in news bulletins from school board members. Many of these contain the words “all students are eligible for free meals”.

The TJ admissions office should have done their jobs and figured out a solution BEFORE sending out offers. Not after the sh!t is already out of the horse.

So you’re saying you are among those who misled TJ admissions?

It was a stroke of genius to include this question and filter out all the toxic liars and cheats. I'm so impressed by FCPS!

You turned what was an unintentional fiasco into a stroke of genius?

Considering the type of kids that they'll catch, yes

You may be surprised.

By definition, anyone they catch is trying to cheat the system, so anyone they catch will be a bonus

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Anonymous wrote:I guarantee that there are parents of admitted students hiring lawyers to respond. FCPS caused this situation by not asking the question clearly for two years in a row despite many parents pointing out the issues.

If admitted parents band together, I don’t see how FCPS can fight them affectively. There are statements on the FCPS website, in email blasts and in news bulletins from school board members. Many of these contain the words “all students are eligible for free meals”.

The TJ admissions office should have done their jobs and figured out a solution BEFORE sending out offers. Not after the sh!t is already out of the horse.

So you’re saying you are among those who misled TJ admissions?

It was a stroke of genius to include this question and filter out all the toxic liars and cheats. I'm so impressed by FCPS!

You turned what was an unintentional fiasco into a stroke of genius?

Considering the type of kids that they'll catch, yes

I am sure they did not intend to set any traps. If they did, then they would not have accepted 33% low income individuals and then now trying to undo that. Furthermore, there is an even bigger problem. The online testing allowed for serious cheating. There is no way they are going to undo that.

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Anonymous wrote:I guarantee that there are parents of admitted students hiring lawyers to respond. FCPS caused this situation by not asking the question clearly for two years in a row despite many parents pointing out the issues.

If admitted parents band together, I don’t see how FCPS can fight them affectively. There are statements on the FCPS website, in email blasts and in news bulletins from school board members. Many of these contain the words “all students are eligible for free meals”.

The TJ admissions office should have done their jobs and figured out a solution BEFORE sending out offers. Not after the sh!t is already out of the horse.

So you’re saying you are among those who misled TJ admissions?

It was a stroke of genius to include this question and filter out all the toxic liars and cheats. I'm so impressed by FCPS!

You turned what was an unintentional fiasco into a stroke of genius?

Considering the type of kids that they'll catch, yes

I am sure they did not intend to set any traps. If they did, then they would not have accepted 33% low income individuals and then now trying to undo that. Furthermore, there is an even bigger problem. The online testing allowed for serious cheating. There is no way they are going to undo that.

I think it's a good bet that someone who cheats one section is likely to cheat another.

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Anonymous wrote:So now some admissions will be taken back. No one should’ve cheated but admissions should have verified first. Some kids are in for a lot of embarrassment. Not great for mental health.[/quote


Lying to improve your chances of getting into TJ is cheating. There are consequences when you behave unethically. These kids brought this upon themselves. I really don't care about their mental health, they clearly already have mental health issues if they're willing to lie to get into a school.

Removing an objective test with an intent to discriminate - as was done by FCPS is cheating.
Putting in false information is cheating.
All we see now is the destruction of value and community.

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Anonymous wrote:So now some admissions will be taken back. No one should’ve cheated but admissions should have verified first. Some kids are in for a lot of embarrassment. Not great for mental health.[/quote


Lying to improve your chances of getting into TJ is cheating. There are consequences when you behave unethically. These kids brought this upon themselves. I really don't care about their mental health, they clearly already have mental health issues if they're willing to lie to get into a school.

Removing an objective test with an intent to discriminate - as was done by FCPS is cheating.
Putting in false information is cheating.
All we see now is the destruction of value and community.

Such incompetence from FCPS. The decent thing for the board to do is to apologise and resign.

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Anonymous wrote:I guarantee that there are parents of admitted students hiring lawyers to respond. FCPS caused this situation by not asking the question clearly for two years in a row despite many parents pointing out the issues.

If admitted parents band together, I don’t see how FCPS can fight them affectively. There are statements on the FCPS website, in email blasts and in news bulletins from school board members. Many of these contain the words “all students are eligible for free meals”.

The TJ admissions office should have done their jobs and figured out a solution BEFORE sending out offers. Not after the sh!t is already out of the horse.

So you’re saying you are among those who misled TJ admissions?

It was a stroke of genius to include this question and filter out all the toxic liars and cheats. I'm so impressed by FCPS!

You turned what was an unintentional fiasco into a stroke of genius?

Considering the type of kids that they'll catch, yes

I am sure they did not intend to set any traps. If they did, then they would not have accepted 33% low income individuals and then now trying to undo that. Furthermore, there is an even bigger problem. The online testing allowed for serious cheating. There is no way they are going to undo that.

I think it's a good bet that someone who cheats one section is likely to cheat another.

Good point. They should go back and review the essays/portraits from the cheaters.

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Such incompetence from FCPS. The decent thing for the board to do is to apologise and resign.

They will not do that but they need to be voted out next year. They are horrible people, every single one of them is a hypocritical POS.

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This is honestly a win-win.

If you answered the question literally and said yes - FCPS is removing the ambiguity and asking you the question again in a clear unambiguous manner. If you qualify, you are good. If you don’t, you are at par with everyone else who does not qualify as it should be. You may still qualify without the points but if you don’t- you miss out on a fair criterion.

If you answered no and felt wronged that others misinterpreted or misrepresented then you should feel good. You are at par with those who erroneously or otherwise answered no. So all is good.

FCPS did not have to create this roundabout process but their incompetence is a story for another day

Agreed - this will get the process much closer to a fair result. I wouldn't go so far as calling it a win-win, though. Still a lot to be desired with the process as a whole. And lots of unnecessary heartbreak for kids who were not admitted at first but later will be or vice versa.

Probably a good life lesson in there.

Life lesson here is to slack and be poor so that the government can give you more freebies or in the least show that you are poor on paper.

Is that really what you took away from this?

There are some really sh1tty people out there.

Yep. I have absolutely no sympathy for people who lied. And that's exactly what it was. However point remains. Message being sent is to slack and fight to show you are poor. I have seen this movie before in other countries. Doesn't end well.

Which countries?

IYKYK. I don't want to give more fodder to the unthinking haters. All I can say that the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

So no countries. Got it. You’re full of sh1t.

Typical baseless histrionics.

I lived it. you can think what you want.

If it actually happened you’d easily be able to name these countries.

Fiction.

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This is honestly a win-win.

If you answered the question literally and said yes - FCPS is removing the ambiguity and asking you the question again in a clear unambiguous manner. If you qualify, you are good. If you don’t, you are at par with everyone else who does not qualify as it should be. You may still qualify without the points but if you don’t- you miss out on a fair criterion.

If you answered no and felt wronged that others misinterpreted or misrepresented then you should feel good. You are at par with those who erroneously or otherwise answered no. So all is good.

FCPS did not have to create this roundabout process but their incompetence is a story for another day

Agreed - this will get the process much closer to a fair result. I wouldn't go so far as calling it a win-win, though. Still a lot to be desired with the process as a whole. And lots of unnecessary heartbreak for kids who were not admitted at first but later will be or vice versa.

Probably a good life lesson in there.

Life lesson here is to slack and be poor so that the government can give you more freebies or in the least show that you are poor on paper.

Is that really what you took away from this?

There are some really sh1tty people out there.

Yep. I have absolutely no sympathy for people who lied. And that's exactly what it was. However point remains. Message being sent is to slack and fight to show you are poor. I have seen this movie before in other countries. Doesn't end well.

Which countries?

IYKYK. I don't want to give more fodder to the unthinking haters. All I can say that the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

So no countries. Got it. You’re full of sh1t.

Typical baseless histrionics.

I lived it. you can think what you want.

If it actually happened you’d easily be able to name these countries.

Fiction.

Belgium and The Netherlands

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This is honestly a win-win.

If you answered the question literally and said yes - FCPS is removing the ambiguity and asking you the question again in a clear unambiguous manner. If you qualify, you are good. If you don’t, you are at par with everyone else who does not qualify as it should be. You may still qualify without the points but if you don’t- you miss out on a fair criterion.

If you answered no and felt wronged that others misinterpreted or misrepresented then you should feel good. You are at par with those who erroneously or otherwise answered no. So all is good.

FCPS did not have to create this roundabout process but their incompetence is a story for another day

Agreed - this will get the process much closer to a fair result. I wouldn't go so far as calling it a win-win, though. Still a lot to be desired with the process as a whole. And lots of unnecessary heartbreak for kids who were not admitted at first but later will be or vice versa.

Probably a good life lesson in there.

Life lesson here is to slack and be poor so that the government can give you more freebies or in the least show that you are poor on paper.

Is that really what you took away from this?

There are some really sh1tty people out there.

Yep. I have absolutely no sympathy for people who lied. And that's exactly what it was. However point remains. Message being sent is to slack and fight to show you are poor. I have seen this movie before in other countries. Doesn't end well.

Which countries?

IYKYK. I don't want to give more fodder to the unthinking haters. All I can say that the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

So no countries. Got it. You’re full of sh1t.

Typical baseless histrionics.

I lived it. you can think what you want.

If it actually happened you’d easily be able to name these countries.

Fiction.

Belgium and The Netherlands

What did you interpret as “slack and be poor”?

How did it end badly?

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My gosh! No wonder cheating is so rampant at TJ when you have parents cheating the system to get their kids in.

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This is honestly a win-win.

If you answered the question literally and said yes - FCPS is removing the ambiguity and asking you the question again in a clear unambiguous manner. If you qualify, you are good. If you don’t, you are at par with everyone else who does not qualify as it should be. You may still qualify without the points but if you don’t- you miss out on a fair criterion.

If you answered no and felt wronged that others misinterpreted or misrepresented then you should feel good. You are at par with those who erroneously or otherwise answered no. So all is good.

FCPS did not have to create this roundabout process but their incompetence is a story for another day

Agreed - this will get the process much closer to a fair result. I wouldn't go so far as calling it a win-win, though. Still a lot to be desired with the process as a whole. And lots of unnecessary heartbreak for kids who were not admitted at first but later will be or vice versa.

Probably a good life lesson in there.

Life lesson here is to slack and be poor so that the government can give you more freebies or in the least show that you are poor on paper.

Is that really what you took away from this?

There are some really sh1tty people out there.

Yep. I have absolutely no sympathy for people who lied. And that's exactly what it was. However point remains. Message being sent is to slack and fight to show you are poor. I have seen this movie before in other countries. Doesn't end well.

Which countries?

IYKYK. I don't want to give more fodder to the unthinking haters. All I can say that the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

So no countries. Got it. You’re full of sh1t.

Typical baseless histrionics.

I lived it. you can think what you want.

If it actually happened you’d easily be able to name these countries.

Fiction.

Belgium and The Netherlands

What did you interpret as “slack and be poor”?

How did it end badly?

Google it and find out. 1980s

Lazy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

This is honestly a win-win.

If you answered the question literally and said yes - FCPS is removing the ambiguity and asking you the question again in a clear unambiguous manner. If you qualify, you are good. If you don’t, you are at par with everyone else who does not qualify as it should be. You may still qualify without the points but if you don’t- you miss out on a fair criterion.

If you answered no and felt wronged that others misinterpreted or misrepresented then you should feel good. You are at par with those who erroneously or otherwise answered no. So all is good.

FCPS did not have to create this roundabout process but their incompetence is a story for another day

Agreed - this will get the process much closer to a fair result. I wouldn't go so far as calling it a win-win, though. Still a lot to be desired with the process as a whole. And lots of unnecessary heartbreak for kids who were not admitted at first but later will be or vice versa.

Probably a good life lesson in there.

Life lesson here is to slack and be poor so that the government can give you more freebies or in the least show that you are poor on paper.

Is that really what you took away from this?

There are some really sh1tty people out there.

Yep. I have absolutely no sympathy for people who lied. And that's exactly what it was. However point remains. Message being sent is to slack and fight to show you are poor. I have seen this movie before in other countries. Doesn't end well.

Which countries?

IYKYK. I don't want to give more fodder to the unthinking haters. All I can say that the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

So no countries. Got it. You’re full of sh1t.

Typical baseless histrionics.

I lived it. you can think what you want.

If it actually happened you’d easily be able to name these countries.

Fiction.

If you had half a brain, you would be able to research and find out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My gosh! No wonder cheating is so rampant at TJ when you have parents cheating the system to get their kids in.

Or, conversely, the system cheating the kids who most deserve admission to meet its soft race and income-based diversity quotas. Let's not forget one federal judge held the School Board violated the Constitution. All these parents may have done was take advantage of a loophole.