New TJ principal announced

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the TJ bashing in every single TJ thread doesn’t comes from parents (TJ specifically). Its really sound like either someone with political agenda (who doesn’t have kids at TJ) or prep business center.

My kid at TJ is very happy student, the parents association is awesome, the students are very nice, very smart and well rounded, the teachers are caliber, the students activities is abundant.
I scratched my hair eveytime I read this thread, sound like TJ is a warzone… while my experience is the opposite.

I agree! My child will be applying for TJ next year. No prep, just passion. We went to see TJ, and the staff there is awesome. The school is very welcoming. I don’t know why people have such controversial conversations about TJ. Great school, and great staff. And the admission process is perfect fine! Instead of looking for kids who are just good at math and science, TJ is broadening their rage to see something that cannot be measured with tests, and that’s passion for STEM. If you are unhappy about the new process then maybe don’t apply for TJ because people there aren’t all math and science robots with no passion or life. The FCPS board is not going to listen to all these conversations about the old admission process. Even if the process does change, it will be in years. This post asked if we knew anything about the principle, not for a TJ war session.

Isn't the entire purpose of this particular governors school exactly the opposite of what you say it is?

It needs to return to the standardized tests. And the students should be required to have a minimum of As in Geometry in 8th to apply

I think the GPA should be 3.75+, and you SHOULD be at least doing geometry in eighth. I don’t get why people want standardized testing back so eagerly though? The admission team wants to see students being creative and understanding what they are doing, which perfectly correlates with the 1 question essay. I agree with you on everything else though. Also, letting everyone know the principle has nothing to do with the admission process. He actually wants to increase diversity. Again, if standardized testing did come back, it would take a long time. The FCPS board refuses to listen to these complaints, so you can try as much as you want to get testing back but it won’t work until a while. This new principle is not going to bring the old admission process back, sorry to break it to people who think he will…

Because with grade inflation, GPAs do not necessarily provide a reliable gauge of academic achievement. Standardized tests provide an objective measure of content mastery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The best part is in the email they had to make sure to talk of the former failed principals fake promotion to gatehouse! Lmao "following Dr. Ann Bonitatibus' promotion to a central office position."

Here is a better article calling out how awful the previous tj principal was pushing racial quotas causing TJ to fall form #1 in the nation to 14.


You are spreading RWNJ misinformation.

There are no quotas.

And TJ went from #5 to #14 out of 25,000 schools on the USNWR rankings. It was only #1 twice in the preceding decade.

It was #1 at least two years in a row before the admission change and then fell to #5, and then #14, and we’ll see where it ends up when this years rankings comes out in April. You and your #fakenews

It was #5 using data from before the admissions change.

And rank #20 in some year in the past.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The best part is in the email they had to make sure to talk of the former failed principals fake promotion to gatehouse! Lmao "following Dr. Ann Bonitatibus' promotion to a central office position."

Here is a better article calling out how awful the previous tj principal was pushing racial quotas causing TJ to fall form #1 in the nation to 14.


You are spreading RWNJ misinformation.

There are no quotas.

And TJ went from #5 to #14 out of 25,000 schools on the USNWR rankings. It was only #1 twice in the preceding decade.

It was #1 at least two years in a row before the admission change and then fell to #5, and then #14, and we’ll see where it ends up when this years rankings comes out in April. You and your #fakenews

It was #5 using data from before the admissions change.

And rank #20 in some year in the past.

No. The purported #20 ranking in 2017 that you're referencing was a mistake by a poster in another thread who later corrected their error. TJ's actual 2017 ranking was #6. TJ was always in the top ten over the last decade prior to last year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the TJ bashing in every single TJ thread doesn’t comes from parents (TJ specifically). Its really sound like either someone with political agenda (who doesn’t have kids at TJ) or prep business center.

My kid at TJ is very happy student, the parents association is awesome, the students are very nice, very smart and well rounded, the teachers are caliber, the students activities is abundant.
I scratched my hair eveytime I read this thread, sound like TJ is a warzone… while my experience is the opposite.

I agree! My child will be applying for TJ next year. No prep, just passion. We went to see TJ, and the staff there is awesome. The school is very welcoming. I don’t know why people have such controversial conversations about TJ. Great school, and great staff. And the admission process is perfect fine! Instead of looking for kids who are just good at math and science, TJ is broadening their rage to see something that cannot be measured with tests, and that’s passion for STEM. If you are unhappy about the new process then maybe don’t apply for TJ because people there aren’t all math and science robots with no passion or life. The FCPS board is not going to listen to all these conversations about the old admission process. Even if the process does change, it will be in years. This post asked if we knew anything about the principle, not for a TJ war session.

Isn't the entire purpose of this particular governors school exactly the opposite of what you say it is?

It needs to return to the standardized tests. And the students should be required to have a minimum of As in Geometry in 8th to apply

I think the GPA should be 3.75+, and you SHOULD be at least doing geometry in eighth. I don’t get why people want standardized testing back so eagerly though? The admission team wants to see students being creative and understanding what they are doing, which perfectly correlates with the 1 question essay. I agree with you on everything else though. Also, letting everyone know the principle has nothing to do with the admission process. He actually wants to increase diversity. Again, if standardized testing did come back, it would take a long time. The FCPS board refuses to listen to these complaints, so you can try as much as you want to get testing back but it won’t work until a while. This new principle is not going to bring the old admission process back, sorry to break it to people who think he will…

Because with grade inflation, GPAs do not necessarily provide a reliable gauge of academic achievement. Standardized tests provide an objective measure of content mastery.

The thing is that admission officers want to see kids who actually thoroughly understand what they are being giving. With a timed standardized test, it’s harder to actually know if the student understands, or is just doing the question without understanding the process. It’s all about the process. I agree that officers are being TOO lenient with the GPA at 3.5 and only having to be in algebra by 8th, but I can agree that the 1 question essay along with personal essays are more valuable than a standardized test. I think we need to re-arrange the process so TJ will have students who understand and actually are passionate and want to put in the work to go. Then again, what do I know? It’s not in anyone’s control except the FCPS board and higher positions, so we cannot keep having a war session on what’s good and what’s bad for TJ students. Not a lot of people here actually have kids who attend TJ, and neither do I! What I have heard is, people at TJ are happy. If students parents and staff are happy at TJ, no one else really has a say. Politics have a place and time. Mr Mukai seems excellent! I feel bad he has to walk in to all this BS and political conflict.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the TJ bashing in every single TJ thread doesn’t comes from parents (TJ specifically). Its really sound like either someone with political agenda (who doesn’t have kids at TJ) or prep business center.

My kid at TJ is very happy student, the parents association is awesome, the students are very nice, very smart and well rounded, the teachers are caliber, the students activities is abundant.
I scratched my hair eveytime I read this thread, sound like TJ is a warzone… while my experience is the opposite.

I agree! My child will be applying for TJ next year. No prep, just passion. We went to see TJ, and the staff there is awesome. The school is very welcoming. I don’t know why people have such controversial conversations about TJ. Great school, and great staff. And the admission process is perfect fine! Instead of looking for kids who are just good at math and science, TJ is broadening their rage to see something that cannot be measured with tests, and that’s passion for STEM. If you are unhappy about the new process then maybe don’t apply for TJ because people there aren’t all math and science robots with no passion or life. The FCPS board is not going to listen to all these conversations about the old admission process. Even if the process does change, it will be in years. This post asked if we knew anything about the principle, not for a TJ war session.

Isn't the entire purpose of this particular governors school exactly the opposite of what you say it is?

It needs to return to the standardized tests. And the students should be required to have a minimum of As in Geometry in 8th to apply

I think the GPA should be 3.75+, and you SHOULD be at least doing geometry in eighth. I don’t get why people want standardized testing back so eagerly though? The admission team wants to see students being creative and understanding what they are doing, which perfectly correlates with the 1 question essay. I agree with you on everything else though. Also, letting everyone know the principle has nothing to do with the admission process. He actually wants to increase diversity. Again, if standardized testing did come back, it would take a long time. The FCPS board refuses to listen to these complaints, so you can try as much as you want to get testing back but it won’t work until a while. This new principle is not going to bring the old admission process back, sorry to break it to people who think he will…

Because with grade inflation, GPAs do not necessarily provide a reliable gauge of academic achievement. Standardized tests provide an objective measure of content mastery.

The thing is that admission officers want to see kids who actually thoroughly understand what they are being giving. With a timed standardized test, it’s harder to actually know if the student understands, or is just doing the question without understanding the process. It’s all about the process. I agree that officers are being TOO lenient with the GPA at 3.5 and only having to be in algebra by 8th, but I can agree that the 1 question essay along with personal essays are more valuable than a standardized test. I think we need to re-arrange the process so TJ will have students who understand and actually are passionate and want to put in the work to go. Then again, what do I know? It’s not in anyone’s control except the FCPS board and higher positions, so we cannot keep having a war session on what’s good and what’s bad for TJ students. Not a lot of people here actually have kids who attend TJ, and neither do I! What I have heard is, people at TJ are happy. If students parents and staff are happy at TJ, no one else really has a say. Politics have a place and time. Mr Mukai seems excellent! I feel bad he has to walk in to all this BS and political conflict.

If a student calculates a correct answer in a multi-step math problem, that is evidence of understanding. AMC8 is multiple choice and requires student understanding. The idea that understanding can only be demonstrated through prose answers is an unfortunate product of Common Core's and math reformers' influence on curriculum.

With GPAs, it is hard to tell if students understand concepts or not given current relaxed grading policies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Poor Mr. Mukai walking into this crazy den of nasty adults backed by extreme partisans who hate 40% of the county.

40% who can't do math?

Lol.

No. The silly political trolls who keep throwing around hatred for conservatives, who represemt around 40% of fairfax county.

As if only republicans want successful kids and merit based systems. They don't have logic based arguments, so everything has to be insults and blaming maga. It is so tiresome, and if that is what Mukai is walking into, heaven help him.

I see the throwing around hatred going both ways. Alot of hatred toward poor and URM kids who get into TJ also.
TJ is still merit based, merit that doesn’t need to be purchased.
Also, the war only happens in this anonymous forum only.
In real life, TJ is peaceful.

You are assuming those people are conservative, but based on the "math" of the rude poste above, most of those people are liberals, not consetvatives.

This is NoVA after all. Everyone is a liberal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Poor Mr. Mukai walking into this crazy den of nasty adults backed by extreme partisans who hate 40% of the county.

40% who can't do math?

Lol.

No. The silly political trolls who keep throwing around hatred for conservatives, who represemt around 40% of fairfax county.

As if only republicans want successful kids and merit based systems. They don't have logic based arguments, so everything has to be insults and blaming maga. It is so tiresome, and if that is what Mukai is walking into, heaven help him.

I see the throwing around hatred going both ways. Alot of hatred toward poor and URM kids who get into TJ also.
TJ is still merit based, merit that doesn’t need to be purchased.
Also, the war only happens in this anonymous forum only.
In real life, TJ is peaceful.

Perhaps.

But everything posted about TJ frim TJ parents is nasty, mean, judgy and political.

It is not a good look for TJ

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"In a June 7, 2020, email laying out her racial vision for the school, Bonitatibus said she sought to “close the equity gap” so the school would “reflect the racial composition in FCPS.” That year, the school had about 70% Asian students, about 20% white students and about 10% Black and Hispanic students. During the 2023-2024 school year, FCPS had different racial demographics, mirroring the distribution in the years earlier: 36% white, 29% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 10% Black, 6% multiple races, 0.3% Native American or Alaskan Native, and 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.

She challenged TJ’s racially and ethnically diverse families, some of whom had survived the Cultural Revolution in China and economic poverty in India, to “think of privileges you hold that others may not.” With the new admissions changes, the percentage of Asian students dropped dramatically, with small increases in the number of Black and Hispanic students and larger increases in the number of white students.

Under her leadership, TJ recently fell from its long-held position as the nation’s No. 1 high school to No. 14. Bonitatibus’ tenure was also marked by the controversial withholding of student National Merit awards. This issue drew sharp global criticism. In addition, during her watch, the TJ community was struck by the first suicides of TJ students in the school’s history, with two students tragically passing away in 2018 and 2020.

In September, the number of students recognized as National Merit semifinalists decreased to 81 in the Class of 2025, the first class enrolled in the school after the new admissions changes, from 165 the year before.

The following month, Bonitatibus sent an email to TJ's parents announcing she had “pursued and accepted” a “promotion” to a role in the Fairfax County Public Schools Department of Human Resources as “Executive Director of Talent Acquisition and Management,” a move that was met with widespread skepticism considering a slew of staff and teacher departures from TJ that had marked her stewardship of the school."

https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/fcps-selects-tjhsst-alum-michael-mukai-to-be-new-principal/article_675df76c-cee9-11ef-9b2a-ab958f33eb91.html

A professional epitaph if I've ever seen one.

Fairfax Times is pushing RWNJ lies.

1. She had no role in TJ admissions.
2. Affluent families have privilege.
3. TJ did not hold the #1 rank often. It was #5 before admission changes.
4. The reform efforts are trying to make TJ less toxic and lower student stress. The race to nowhere only hurts kids.
5. Students were notified about commendations via email. And for college applications they would have known if they were commended several months earlier based on the cut off.


Republicans are lying sacks of sht.

#1. She may not have reviewed individual applications but she was very much part of the effort to change TJ admissions policy.

#2. Sounds like class warfare agit prop.

#3. TJ was regularly, if not always, ranked as the top public school in the country. We won’t have to worry about that any longer.

#4. TJ can now be quite stressful for kids who are in over their heads and face imposter syndrome. If you’re worried about kids challenging themselves, why bother with a STEM magnet (unless your agenda is simply to dole out rewards in the form of TJ admission to the less qualified)?

#5. Not a big deal but clearly what happened was that TJ under AB was more worried about the hurt feelings of TJ students were neither NMSF nor commended than recognizing the achievement of commended students. Again, no longer an issue since now the majority of TJ students are neither NMSF nor commended.

The issues around TJ transcend party affiliation. It’s funny you bash Republicans since TJ wouldn’t exist but for the advocacy of local Republican officials in the 1980s.

1. She has no role in admissions process - either defining it or implementing it.
2. It's just how the world works. Why the hesitancy to admit it?
3. TJ was ranked one of the top public HSs in the US. It still is today. It's still ranked higher than 99.44% of the pubic HSs.
4. A healthy amount of challenge would be best for all.
5. It was delayed mail and human error - not some big conspiracy.

The "article" is all BS RWNJ propaganda. Republicans love pushing lies.

DP

1. She still had a role in changing the admissions process.
2. Not being on free and reduced lunch is not the same as affluent.
3. Rankings are not really important but the decline in the academic ability of the bottom half fo the school is.
4. The top quartile of the class is experiencing significantly less stress at the expense of the bottom quartile of the class.
5. Probably just error but still a bad a look from an administration that is waging a war on merit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Poor Mr. Mukai walking into this crazy den of nasty adults backed by extreme partisans who hate 40% of the county.

40% who can't do math?

Lol.

No. The silly political trolls who keep throwing around hatred for conservatives, who represemt around 40% of fairfax county.

As if only republicans want successful kids and merit based systems. They don't have logic based arguments, so everything has to be insults and blaming maga. It is so tiresome, and if that is what Mukai is walking into, heaven help him.

I see the throwing around hatred going both ways. Alot of hatred toward poor and URM kids who get into TJ also.
TJ is still merit based, merit that doesn’t need to be purchased.
Also, the war only happens in this anonymous forum only.
In real life, TJ is peaceful.

You are assuming those people are conservative, but based on the "math" of the rude poste above, most of those people are liberals, not consetvatives.

This is NoVA after all. Everyone is a liberal.

There are definitely RWNJs pushing lies and misinformation around TJ/public education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"In a June 7, 2020, email laying out her racial vision for the school, Bonitatibus said she sought to “close the equity gap” so the school would “reflect the racial composition in FCPS.” That year, the school had about 70% Asian students, about 20% white students and about 10% Black and Hispanic students. During the 2023-2024 school year, FCPS had different racial demographics, mirroring the distribution in the years earlier: 36% white, 29% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 10% Black, 6% multiple races, 0.3% Native American or Alaskan Native, and 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.

She challenged TJ’s racially and ethnically diverse families, some of whom had survived the Cultural Revolution in China and economic poverty in India, to “think of privileges you hold that others may not.” With the new admissions changes, the percentage of Asian students dropped dramatically, with small increases in the number of Black and Hispanic students and larger increases in the number of white students.

Under her leadership, TJ recently fell from its long-held position as the nation’s No. 1 high school to No. 14. Bonitatibus’ tenure was also marked by the controversial withholding of student National Merit awards. This issue drew sharp global criticism. In addition, during her watch, the TJ community was struck by the first suicides of TJ students in the school’s history, with two students tragically passing away in 2018 and 2020.

In September, the number of students recognized as National Merit semifinalists decreased to 81 in the Class of 2025, the first class enrolled in the school after the new admissions changes, from 165 the year before.

The following month, Bonitatibus sent an email to TJ's parents announcing she had “pursued and accepted” a “promotion” to a role in the Fairfax County Public Schools Department of Human Resources as “Executive Director of Talent Acquisition and Management,” a move that was met with widespread skepticism considering a slew of staff and teacher departures from TJ that had marked her stewardship of the school."

https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/fcps-selects-tjhsst-alum-michael-mukai-to-be-new-principal/article_675df76c-cee9-11ef-9b2a-ab958f33eb91.html

A professional epitaph if I've ever seen one.

Fairfax Times is pushing RWNJ lies.

1. She had no role in TJ admissions.
2. Affluent families have privilege.
3. TJ did not hold the #1 rank often. It was #5 before admission changes.
4. The reform efforts are trying to make TJ less toxic and lower student stress. The race to nowhere only hurts kids.
5. Students were notified about commendations via email. And for college applications they would have known if they were commended several months earlier based on the cut off.


Republicans are lying sacks of sht.

#1. She may not have reviewed individual applications but she was very much part of the effort to change TJ admissions policy.

#2. Sounds like class warfare agit prop.

#3. TJ was regularly, if not always, ranked as the top public school in the country. We won’t have to worry about that any longer.

#4. TJ can now be quite stressful for kids who are in over their heads and face imposter syndrome. If you’re worried about kids challenging themselves, why bother with a STEM magnet (unless your agenda is simply to dole out rewards in the form of TJ admission to the less qualified)?

#5. Not a big deal but clearly what happened was that TJ under AB was more worried about the hurt feelings of TJ students were neither NMSF nor commended than recognizing the achievement of commended students. Again, no longer an issue since now the majority of TJ students are neither NMSF nor commended.

The issues around TJ transcend party affiliation. It’s funny you bash Republicans since TJ wouldn’t exist but for the advocacy of local Republican officials in the 1980s.

1. She has no role in admissions process - either defining it or implementing it.
2. It's just how the world works. Why the hesitancy to admit it?
3. TJ was ranked one of the top public HSs in the US. It still is today. It's still ranked higher than 99.44% of the pubic HSs.
4. A healthy amount of challenge would be best for all.
5. It was delayed mail and human error - not some big conspiracy.

The "article" is all BS RWNJ propaganda. Republicans love pushing lies.

DP

1. She still had a role in changing the admissions process.
2. Not being on free and reduced lunch is not the same as affluent.
3. Rankings are not really important but the decline in the academic ability of the bottom half fo the school is.
4. The top quartile of the class is experiencing significantly less stress at the expense of the bottom quartile of the class.
5. Probably just error but still a bad a look from an administration that is waging a war on merit.

1. Braband proposed changes to the admissions process; the school board tweaked and approved it. She did not and can not change the admissions process. She sent an email to the TJ community asking them to reflect on race.
2. There is a spectrum of "privilege".
3. Where is this data on the "bottom quartile"?
4. Someone will always have it easier and someone is always have it harder.
5. It's misinformation to claim it was intentional.


Interesting data point for those people who actually care about the rankings: TJ was NOT at #1 when Bonitatibus started in 2017. She brought it up to #1 for two years. Suck it, haters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The best part is in the email they had to make sure to talk of the former failed principals fake promotion to gatehouse! Lmao "following Dr. Ann Bonitatibus' promotion to a central office position."

Here is a better article calling out how awful the previous tj principal was pushing racial quotas causing TJ to fall form #1 in the nation to 14.


You are spreading RWNJ misinformation.

There are no quotas.

And TJ went from #5 to #14 out of 25,000 schools on the USNWR rankings. It was only #1 twice in the preceding decade.

It was #1 at least two years in a row before the admission change and then fell to #5, and then #14, and we’ll see where it ends up when this years rankings comes out in April. You and your #fakenews

It was #5 using data from before the admissions change.

And rank #20 in some year in the past.

No. The purported #20 ranking in 2017 that you're referencing was a mistake by a poster in another thread who later corrected their error. TJ's actual 2017 ranking was #6. TJ was always in the top ten over the last decade prior to last year.

Yup. That was my error.

2015 #3
2016 #5
2017 #6
2018 #6
2019 #10
2020 #4 (I believe this was first year that utilized data from bonitatibus' term)
2021 #1
2022 #1
2023 #5
2024 #14 (first year that utilized data from the new admissions process)

[Anonymous]

I haven't read all the pages of this thread but my kids go to a different FCPS high school and I could care less who the principal of TJ is. I have no idea why this email was sent county wide. What a waste. We got a new principal a few years ago, how come an email was not sent to the whole county?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"In a June 7, 2020, email laying out her racial vision for the school, Bonitatibus said she sought to “close the equity gap” so the school would “reflect the racial composition in FCPS.” That year, the school had about 70% Asian students, about 20% white students and about 10% Black and Hispanic students. During the 2023-2024 school year, FCPS had different racial demographics, mirroring the distribution in the years earlier: 36% white, 29% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 10% Black, 6% multiple races, 0.3% Native American or Alaskan Native, and 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.

She challenged TJ’s racially and ethnically diverse families, some of whom had survived the Cultural Revolution in China and economic poverty in India, to “think of privileges you hold that others may not.” With the new admissions changes, the percentage of Asian students dropped dramatically, with small increases in the number of Black and Hispanic students and larger increases in the number of white students.

Under her leadership, TJ recently fell from its long-held position as the nation’s No. 1 high school to No. 14. Bonitatibus’ tenure was also marked by the controversial withholding of student National Merit awards. This issue drew sharp global criticism. In addition, during her watch, the TJ community was struck by the first suicides of TJ students in the school’s history, with two students tragically passing away in 2018 and 2020.

In September, the number of students recognized as National Merit semifinalists decreased to 81 in the Class of 2025, the first class enrolled in the school after the new admissions changes, from 165 the year before.

The following month, Bonitatibus sent an email to TJ's parents announcing she had “pursued and accepted” a “promotion” to a role in the Fairfax County Public Schools Department of Human Resources as “Executive Director of Talent Acquisition and Management,” a move that was met with widespread skepticism considering a slew of staff and teacher departures from TJ that had marked her stewardship of the school."

https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/fcps-selects-tjhsst-alum-michael-mukai-to-be-new-principal/article_675df76c-cee9-11ef-9b2a-ab958f33eb91.html

A professional epitaph if I've ever seen one.

Fairfax Times is pushing RWNJ lies.

1. She had no role in TJ admissions.
2. Affluent families have privilege.
3. TJ did not hold the #1 rank often. It was #5 before admission changes.
4. The reform efforts are trying to make TJ less toxic and lower student stress. The race to nowhere only hurts kids.
5. Students were notified about commendations via email. And for college applications they would have known if they were commended several months earlier based on the cut off.


Republicans are lying sacks of sht.

#1. She may not have reviewed individual applications but she was very much part of the effort to change TJ admissions policy.

#2. Sounds like class warfare agit prop.

#3. TJ was regularly, if not always, ranked as the top public school in the country. We won’t have to worry about that any longer.

#4. TJ can now be quite stressful for kids who are in over their heads and face imposter syndrome. If you’re worried about kids challenging themselves, why bother with a STEM magnet (unless your agenda is simply to dole out rewards in the form of TJ admission to the less qualified)?

#5. Not a big deal but clearly what happened was that TJ under AB was more worried about the hurt feelings of TJ students were neither NMSF nor commended than recognizing the achievement of commended students. Again, no longer an issue since now the majority of TJ students are neither NMSF nor commended.

The issues around TJ transcend party affiliation. It’s funny you bash Republicans since TJ wouldn’t exist but for the advocacy of local Republican officials in the 1980s.

1. She has no role in admissions process - either defining it or implementing it.
2. It's just how the world works. Why the hesitancy to admit it?
3. TJ was ranked one of the top public HSs in the US. It still is today. It's still ranked higher than 99.44% of the pubic HSs.
4. A healthy amount of challenge would be best for all.
5. It was delayed mail and human error - not some big conspiracy.

The "article" is all BS RWNJ propaganda. Republicans love pushing lies.

DP

1. She still had a role in changing the admissions process.
2. Not being on free and reduced lunch is not the same as affluent.
3. Rankings are not really important but the decline in the academic ability of the bottom half fo the school is.
4. The top quartile of the class is experiencing significantly less stress at the expense of the bottom quartile of the class.
5. Probably just error but still a bad a look from an administration that is waging a war on merit.

1. Braband proposed changes to the admissions process; the school board tweaked and approved it. She did not and can not change the admissions process. She sent an email to the TJ community asking them to reflect on race.
2. There is a spectrum of "privilege".
3. Where is this data on the "bottom quartile"?
4. Someone will always have it easier and someone is always have it harder.
5. It's misinformation to claim it was intentional.


Interesting data point for those people who actually care about the rankings: TJ was NOT at #1 when Bonitatibus started in 2017. She brought it up to #1 for two years. Suck it, haters.

1. She participated in the FCPS board meeting and endorsed brabrand's racism.
2. And there is nothing special about middle class privilege that it needs to be truncated.
3. The ones that have it harder all seem to mostly come from the same schools.
4. You are setting some kids up for failure while denying more opportunities to other kids that can benefit the most from those opportunities.
5. It wasn't misinformation. It was a fck up that resonated with people because it had become cleasr that FCPS was putting DEI before merit.

Bonitatibus lost the confidence of the students, faculty and parents.
Her attitude towards asians (the majority of her students) made it difficult for her to continue in her position.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.fcps.edu/news/student-principal-michael-mukai-comes-full-circle-new-leader-thomas-jefferson-high-school


Anyone know anything about him?

They will have some big shoes to fill. The former principal did so much good. TJ is far less toxic and diverse today than it was especially when it was dominated by a few wealthy feeders.

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Anonymous wrote:"In a June 7, 2020, email laying out her racial vision for the school, Bonitatibus said she sought to “close the equity gap” so the school would “reflect the racial composition in FCPS.” That year, the school had about 70% Asian students, about 20% white students and about 10% Black and Hispanic students. During the 2023-2024 school year, FCPS had different racial demographics, mirroring the distribution in the years earlier: 36% white, 29% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 10% Black, 6% multiple races, 0.3% Native American or Alaskan Native, and 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.

She challenged TJ’s racially and ethnically diverse families, some of whom had survived the Cultural Revolution in China and economic poverty in India, to “think of privileges you hold that others may not.” With the new admissions changes, the percentage of Asian students dropped dramatically, with small increases in the number of Black and Hispanic students and larger increases in the number of white students.

Under her leadership, TJ recently fell from its long-held position as the nation’s No. 1 high school to No. 14. Bonitatibus’ tenure was also marked by the controversial withholding of student National Merit awards. This issue drew sharp global criticism. In addition, during her watch, the TJ community was struck by the first suicides of TJ students in the school’s history, with two students tragically passing away in 2018 and 2020.

In September, the number of students recognized as National Merit semifinalists decreased to 81 in the Class of 2025, the first class enrolled in the school after the new admissions changes, from 165 the year before.

The following month, Bonitatibus sent an email to TJ's parents announcing she had “pursued and accepted” a “promotion” to a role in the Fairfax County Public Schools Department of Human Resources as “Executive Director of Talent Acquisition and Management,” a move that was met with widespread skepticism considering a slew of staff and teacher departures from TJ that had marked her stewardship of the school."

https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/fcps-selects-tjhsst-alum-michael-mukai-to-be-new-principal/article_675df76c-cee9-11ef-9b2a-ab958f33eb91.html

A professional epitaph if I've ever seen one.

Fairfax Times is pushing RWNJ lies.

1. She had no role in TJ admissions.
2. Affluent families have privilege.
3. TJ did not hold the #1 rank often. It was #5 before admission changes.
4. The reform efforts are trying to make TJ less toxic and lower student stress. The race to nowhere only hurts kids.
5. Students were notified about commendations via email. And for college applications they would have known if they were commended several months earlier based on the cut off.


Republicans are lying sacks of sht.

#1. She may not have reviewed individual applications but she was very much part of the effort to change TJ admissions policy.

#2. Sounds like class warfare agit prop.

#3. TJ was regularly, if not always, ranked as the top public school in the country. We won’t have to worry about that any longer.

#4. TJ can now be quite stressful for kids who are in over their heads and face imposter syndrome. If you’re worried about kids challenging themselves, why bother with a STEM magnet (unless your agenda is simply to dole out rewards in the form of TJ admission to the less qualified)?

#5. Not a big deal but clearly what happened was that TJ under AB was more worried about the hurt feelings of TJ students were neither NMSF nor commended than recognizing the achievement of commended students. Again, no longer an issue since now the majority of TJ students are neither NMSF nor commended.

The issues around TJ transcend party affiliation. It’s funny you bash Republicans since TJ wouldn’t exist but for the advocacy of local Republican officials in the 1980s.

1. She has no role in admissions process - either defining it or implementing it.
2. It's just how the world works. Why the hesitancy to admit it?
3. TJ was ranked one of the top public HSs in the US. It still is today. It's still ranked higher than 99.44% of the pubic HSs.
4. A healthy amount of challenge would be best for all.
5. It was delayed mail and human error - not some big conspiracy.

The "article" is all BS RWNJ propaganda. Republicans love pushing lies.

DP

1. She still had a role in changing the admissions process.
2. Not being on free and reduced lunch is not the same as affluent.
3. Rankings are not really important but the decline in the academic ability of the bottom half fo the school is.
4. The top quartile of the class is experiencing significantly less stress at the expense of the bottom quartile of the class.
5. Probably just error but still a bad a look from an administration that is waging a war on merit.

1. Braband proposed changes to the admissions process; the school board tweaked and approved it. She did not and can not change the admissions process. She sent an email to the TJ community asking them to reflect on race.
2. There is a spectrum of "privilege".
3. Where is this data on the "bottom quartile"?
4. Someone will always have it easier and someone is always have it harder.
5. It's misinformation to claim it was intentional.


Interesting data point for those people who actually care about the rankings: TJ was NOT at #1 when Bonitatibus started in 2017. She brought it up to #1 for two years. Suck it, haters.

1. She participated in the FCPS board meeting and endorsed brabrand's racism.
2. And there is nothing special about middle class privilege that it needs to be truncated.
3. The ones that have it harder all seem to mostly come from the same schools.
4. You are setting some kids up for failure while denying more opportunities to other kids that can benefit the most from those opportunities.
5. It wasn't misinformation. It was a fck up that resonated with people because it had become cleasr that FCPS was putting DEI before merit.

Bonitatibus lost the confidence of the students, faculty and parents.
Her attitude towards asians (the majority of her students) made it difficult for her to continue in her position.

#fakenews selection is race blind and when the C4TJ people took this to court these claims were rejected