TJ is so done...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Órale. My son got accepted to TJ but after reading all these post I am not sure is the right place for us. Is there at least a Taco Night?

Not right now.. Maybe you can start one?

Sure! A taco night with fried rice, and curries. Peace man!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can either have a top-tier STEM magnet school or you can have a school that "looks like Fairfax" and has quotas. You can't have both.

2024 will be the last batch based on merit. They have messed up the whole system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:R.I.P TJ. This is some feels bad news:

"As Chief Equity Officer, Williams will be responsible for the Ombudsman Office, the Office of Professional Learning and Family Engagement, the Hearings Office, and admissions for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology."

https://www.fcps.edu/news/fcps-announces-appointment-new-chief-academic-officer?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=

I think it's great they're doing so much to improve the school and fix the toxic atmosphere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can either have a top-tier STEM magnet school or you can have a school that "looks like Fairfax" and has quotas. You can't have both.

2024 will be the last batch based on merit. They have messed up the whole system.

If by merit you mean kids that bought the answers from a prep center then sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Órale. My son got accepted to TJ but after reading all these post I am not sure is the right place for us. Is there at least a Taco Night?

Not right now.. Maybe you can start one?

Sure! A taco night with fried rice, and curries. Peace man!

Would love that. Check out this restaurant called Mama Tigre. Indian-Mex food. Chicken Tikka Tacos!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can either have a top-tier STEM magnet school or you can have a school that "looks like Fairfax" and has quotas. You can't have both.

2024 will be the last batch based on merit. They have messed up the whole system.

If by merit you mean kids that bought the answers from a prep center then sure.

A lot of parents are better when they make it hard to game the system thistle pass and TJ will be fine

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can either have a top-tier STEM magnet school or you can have a school that "looks like Fairfax" and has quotas. You can't have both.

2024 will be the last batch based on merit. They have messed up the whole system.

Sorry to break it to you, but TJ was a top magnet long before many of the Asians who are so hard pressed to get in even arrived in this country.

[Anonymous]

TJ is going to be better than ever. The prepped students will be replaced and their tiger moms will roam the base HSs in search of fresh meat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:R.I.P TJ. This is some feels bad news:

"As Chief Equity Officer, Williams will be responsible for the Ombudsman Office, the Office of Professional Learning and Family Engagement, the Hearings Office, and admissions for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology."

https://www.fcps.edu/news/fcps-announces-appointment-new-chief-academic-officer?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=

The sky is falling!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Órale. My son got accepted to TJ but after reading all these post I am not sure is the right place for us. Is there at least a Taco Night?

Not right now.. Maybe you can start one?

Sure it would be welcomed and enjoyed. I would take this thread with a grain of salt-people with agendas. If you child enjoys stems and is willing to work hard they will enjoy and get a lot out of Tj

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TJ as it known now is for sure done, and good riddance! Next up: AAP admissions reform.

I don’t know why families thought they could cheat their way through a system meant for *actually* gifted students by starting test prep in elementary school (or earlier). News flash: if your child preps for a 2nd grade cognitive assessment, the score is invalid, and your child is not “exceptionally gifted”.

+1

Absolutely. There are kids who have tutors for every topic, every day - that kid is NOT ivy material, like you think s/he is. Let your kid be who they are, not what you need them to be, so they can supposedly support you in old age. That's just gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TJ as it known now is for sure done, and good riddance! Next up: AAP admissions reform.

I don’t know why families thought they could cheat their way through a system meant for *actually* gifted students by starting test prep in elementary school (or earlier). News flash: if your child preps for a 2nd grade cognitive assessment, the score is invalid, and your child is not “exceptionally gifted”.

+1

Absolutely. There are kids who have tutors for every topic, every day - that kid is NOT ivy material, like you think s/he is. Let your kid be who they are, not what you need them to be, so they can supposedly support you in old age. That's just gross.

Yes, let's let kids be who they are and accept that there are many who can't keep up with a highly academic pace, even with tutoring. They are talented in other ways. Unfortunately, some educators think only academics matter and try to lower standards to widen the acceptance net.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:R.I.P TJ. This is some feels bad news:

"As Chief Equity Officer, Williams will be responsible for the Ombudsman Office, the Office of Professional Learning and Family Engagement, the Hearings Office, and admissions for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology."

https://www.fcps.edu/news/fcps-announces-appointment-new-chief-academic-officer?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=

I think it's great they're doing so much to improve the school and fix the toxic atmosphere.

Something clearly needed to be done about TJ. Not sure that their new system is the right answer, but it is a start. If your kid does not enjoy learning, and you have to hire tutors, AP and TJ are not the places for you.

TJ has lost a lot of admitted students over the years, who had nothing in common with their students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:R.I.P TJ. This is some feels bad news:

"As Chief Equity Officer, Williams will be responsible for the Ombudsman Office, the Office of Professional Learning and Family Engagement, the Hearings Office, and admissions for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology."

https://www.fcps.edu/news/fcps-announces-appointment-new-chief-academic-officer?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=

I think it's great they're doing so much to improve the school and fix the toxic atmosphere.

Something clearly needed to be done about TJ. Not sure that their new system is the right answer, but it is a start. If your kid does not enjoy learning, and you have to hire tutors, AP and TJ are not the places for you.

TJ has lost a lot of admitted students over the years, who had nothing in common with their students.

Ya, I doubt the changes are perfect but they'll like to improve on it in the coming years to help move TJ to where it should be by reducing the opportunity hoarding caused by wealthy peppers and also admitting a wider range of students who are able to thrive and succeed there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Órale. My son got accepted to TJ but after reading all these post I am not sure is the right place for us. Is there at least a Taco Night?

Not right now.. Maybe you can start one?

Sure it would be welcomed and enjoyed. I would take this thread with a grain of salt-people with agendas. If you child enjoys stems and is willing to work hard they will enjoy and get a lot out of Tj

When my recent graduate was at TJ, in pre-COVID times, it ran on food. And I have to tell you for my sports obsessed, prepped by doing the TJ admissions on line practice tests, white boy it was great. He was exposed to so many different foods and cultures and IMO since he's focused on a STEM carrier this was for the good. I agree the admissions process needed some reform. Whether this scorched earth policy was the right reform only time will tell. What I saw as the benefit of TJ was that my kid was around other kids who took academics more seriously than at the base HS his sibling attends. The base HS is still a great school, just has a different focus. YMMV