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

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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.

Two federal appellate judges disagreed. The students lied on a question they thought would never be verified and now all their supporters are up in arms because TJ is rescinding admission to unethical cheaters. They are lucky that TJ is doing it now and not formally expelling them a week into the school year.

No judges have disagreed.

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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.

But we don't have insights into your mind. You obviously have a distorted view of the world so we don't know what exactly you would interpret as that "message".

Sure.

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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.

But we don't have insights into your mind. You obviously have a distorted view of the world so we don't know what exactly you would interpret as that "message".

Sure.

You won’t share details because you know it’s not comparable at all.

Histrionics are all 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

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

How did it end badly?

Google it and find out. 1980s

Lazy.

But we don't have insights into your mind. You obviously have a distorted view of the world so we don't know what exactly you would interpret as that "message".

Sure.

You won’t share details because you know it’s not comparable at all.

Histrionics are all fiction.

You don’t want to do the research. Want everything on a platter. Such sense of entitlement.

Gross.

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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.

But we don't have insights into your mind. You obviously have a distorted view of the world so we don't know what exactly you would interpret as that "message".

Sure.

You won’t share details because you know it’s not comparable at all.

Histrionics are all fiction.

You don’t want to do the research. Want everything on a platter. Such sense of entitlement.

Gross.

You made the claim, you back it up. That’s how it works on DCUM.

But you won’t share details because you know it’s not comparable at all. You know that you’re full of it. That’s ok - so do we.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Two federal appellate judges disagreed. The students lied on a question they thought would never be verified and now all their supporters are up in arms because TJ is rescinding admission to unethical cheaters. They are lucky that TJ is doing it now and not formally expelling them a week into the school year.

No judges have disagreed.

You might want to inform FCPS that the ruling stands

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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.

But we don't have insights into your mind. You obviously have a distorted view of the world so we don't know what exactly you would interpret as that "message".

Sure.

You won’t share details because you know it’s not comparable at all.

Histrionics are all fiction.

You don’t want to do the research. Want everything on a platter. Such sense of entitlement.

Gross.

You made the claim, you back it up. That’s how it works on DCUM.

But you won’t share details because you know it’s not comparable at all. You know that you’re full of it. That’s ok - so do we.

Seems like you have already made up your mind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My issue is TJ already delayed the final decision till late May and they didn’t bother to verify the free meal status all this time.

All those embarrassed cheaters who tried to lie their way into TJ and then bragged about admission? Are we supposed to feel bad for them?

[Anonymous]

Karma

[Anonymous]

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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.

Two federal appellate judges disagreed. The students lied on a question they thought would never be verified and now all their supporters are up in arms because TJ is rescinding admission to unethical cheaters. They are lucky that TJ is doing it now and not formally expelling them a week into the school year.

No judges have disagreed.

That's true, but PP doesn't understand the difference between a procedural motion and an appellate review on the merits (which is still pending). PP could educate themselves, but the temptation to give in to the obvious hatred of some TJ families on PP's part is just too great.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

Two federal appellate judges disagreed. The students lied on a question they thought would never be verified and now all their supporters are up in arms because TJ is rescinding admission to unethical cheaters. They are lucky that TJ is doing it now and not formally expelling them a week into the school year.

No judges have disagreed.

That's true, but PP doesn't understand the difference between a procedural motion and an appellate review on the merits (which is still pending). PP could educate themselves, but the temptation to give in to the obvious hatred of some TJ families on PP's part is just too great.

So the judge who wrote the concurrence didn't mean what they wrote? Maybe you should look at how often appellate judges change their minds after having gone through the trouble of already writing an opinion

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My issue is TJ already delayed the final decision till late May and they didn’t bother to verify the free meal status all this time.

All those embarrassed cheaters who tried to lie their way into TJ and then bragged about admission? Are we supposed to feel bad for them?

Not really, but neither should one necessarily feel special respect for kids whose families rely on state or federal assistance for food and shelter.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:so why didn't TJ admissions ask for this information before? They are incompetent.

Exactly. They are stressing the kids. Someone needs to sue TJ

TJ the school doesn’t handle admission application or process it is done at the Gate House. They have designated employees…so the correct statement would be for them to sue fcps.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Two federal appellate judges disagreed. The students lied on a question they thought would never be verified and now all their supporters are up in arms because TJ is rescinding admission to unethical cheaters. They are lucky that TJ is doing it now and not formally expelling them a week into the school year.

No judges have disagreed.

That's true, but PP doesn't understand the difference between a procedural motion and an appellate review on the merits (which is still pending). PP could educate themselves, but the temptation to give in to the obvious hatred of some TJ families on PP's part is just too great.

So the judge who wrote the concurrence didn't mean what they wrote? Maybe you should look at how often appellate judges change their minds after having gone through the trouble of already writing an opinion

It would not have been fully briefed at the time the procedural motion relating to the stay of the District Court opinion was decided. In any event, it will be appealed and quite possibly end up before the Supreme Court.

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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.

But we don't have insights into your mind. You obviously have a distorted view of the world so we don't know what exactly you would interpret as that "message".

Sure.

You won’t share details because you know it’s not comparable at all.

Histrionics are all fiction.

You don’t want to do the research. Want everything on a platter. Such sense of entitlement.

Gross.

You made the claim, you back it up. That’s how it works on DCUM.

But you won’t share details because you know it’s not comparable at all. You know that you’re full of it. That’s ok - so do we.

Seems like you have already made up your mind.

Sometimes it’s easy to see when people are BSing.