How many here had students that missed being NMSF and were Commended instead

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Anonymous wrote:TJ didn’t do anything “in the name of equity” - they did distribute the certificates.

You certainly didn’t read the documents that have come to light

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Anonymous wrote:Why don’t the schools just mail them home? That way no one has to feel left out at school if that’s really what the administration is concerned about

It's an equity issue. Some students don't have a fixed address.

So there are students at TJ that can run the gauntlet of getting accepted but do not have a mailing address? I find that hard to believe.

FWIW, my student at a DCPS school was commended and it was mailed home. There are significant numbers of unhoused students in DCPS, yet they chose mailing and it was not a crisis.

Students at every high school in the country are eligible for these awards, not just TJ.

The high schools decide how to distribute. TJ's distribution is being faulted here, it was not mailed. As I noted, my child in DCPS was commended and it was mailed home. That is all.

No, apparently there were two other schools (at least!) in Fairfax county schools that also did not distribute them in a timely manner.

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Anonymous wrote:Why don’t the schools just mail them home? That way no one has to feel left out at school if that’s really what the administration is concerned about

It's an equity issue. Some students don't have a fixed address.

So there are students at TJ that can run the gauntlet of getting accepted but do not have a mailing address? I find that hard to believe.

FWIW, my student at a DCPS school was commended and it was mailed home. There are significant numbers of unhoused students in DCPS, yet they chose mailing and it was not a crisis.

Students at every high school in the country are eligible for these awards, not just TJ.

The high schools decide how to distribute. TJ's distribution is being faulted here, it was not mailed. As I noted, my child in DCPS was commended and it was mailed home. That is all.

TJ distributed the certificates in homeroom.

1 month late.

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Anonymous wrote:TJ didn’t do anything “in the name of equity” - they did distribute the certificates.

You certainly didn’t read the documents that have come to light

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TJ certificates were distributed. In the end, equity didn’t prevent them from being distributed.

Seems like that mom misunderstood his comments.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid wasn’t even commended. Perhaps an off day bc was focused on a school activity that afternoon or maybe not as smart as other kids. Whatever.

Kid did get a 1540 on SAT in 1 sitting (common app shows how many tries it takes to get score). Also had all 5s on AP exams and took a high number of AP exams compared to school peers. Had 2 B pluses in high school - including 1 junior year - so not valedictorian but higher GPA than many and high rigor (calc BC, all lab sciences, 4 years foreign language, wants to be Humanities major). Solid but regular high school activities (varsity letter winner in multiple sports, club officer, team captain etc). Known as a “nice” kid.

Was accepted REA to first choice school this fall.

All that is to say commended doesn’t make a kid or break an applicant.

So some kids do get commended, but maybe didn't have one of the things YOUR kid has. Why is it ok to take that away from them?
What if your kid had been forced to intentionally hide one of the things you mentioned above? You'd be ok with that?

What was taken away from them? Did they fail to check their own score? My kid never got a 'certificate' or 'ceremony' from his school, but knew right away when he logged in and saw his score that he made the cut and put it on the common app. I haven't read all of this stuff, so maybe I'm missing facts, but what exactly is the argument people are making that these kids were prevented from knowing they were commended? Did they restrict access to their College Board accounts somehow? Or are we talking about high achieving kids who didn't know that commended was a possibility or that they could amend their Common App with supplemental information?

+1. Much Ado about Nothing.

So it's perfectly okay for the schools to have made the decision to withhold these notifications? It wasn't an administrative oversight, or some other type of error, it was done deliberately.

No it's not. However, the impact is infinitesimal that it's indeed Much Ado about Nothing. BTW, I'm not a fan of the TJ admissions process change, the focus on "Asian dilution" and other wokeisms, but this is stupid.

No, it's a very big deal and now three schools have been caught doing it in the name of "equity" so the AG is doing a full check on all the FCPS schools. So continue to be an apologist for TJ but you are wrong. Parents are very angry and they are also angry that FCPS installed teh $425K diversity person. Enough is enough!

YES!

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Anonymous wrote:My kid wasn’t even commended. Perhaps an off day bc was focused on a school activity that afternoon or maybe not as smart as other kids. Whatever.

Kid did get a 1540 on SAT in 1 sitting (common app shows how many tries it takes to get score). Also had all 5s on AP exams and took a high number of AP exams compared to school peers. Had 2 B pluses in high school - including 1 junior year - so not valedictorian but higher GPA than many and high rigor (calc BC, all lab sciences, 4 years foreign language, wants to be Humanities major). Solid but regular high school activities (varsity letter winner in multiple sports, club officer, team captain etc). Known as a “nice” kid.

Was accepted REA to first choice school this fall.

All that is to say commended doesn’t make a kid or break an applicant.

So some kids do get commended, but maybe didn't have one of the things YOUR kid has. Why is it ok to take that away from them?
What if your kid had been forced to intentionally hide one of the things you mentioned above? You'd be ok with that?

What was taken away from them? Did they fail to check their own score? My kid never got a 'certificate' or 'ceremony' from his school, but knew right away when he logged in and saw his score that he made the cut and put it on the common app. I haven't read all of this stuff, so maybe I'm missing facts, but what exactly is the argument people are making that these kids were prevented from knowing they were commended? Did they restrict access to their College Board accounts somehow? Or are we talking about high achieving kids who didn't know that commended was a possibility or that they could amend their Common App with supplemental information?

+1. Much Ado about Nothing.

So it's perfectly okay for the schools to have made the decision to withhold these notifications? It wasn't an administrative oversight, or some other type of error, it was done deliberately.

No it's not. However, the impact is infinitesimal that it's indeed Much Ado about Nothing. BTW, I'm not a fan of the TJ admissions process change, the focus on "Asian dilution" and other wokeisms, but this is stupid.

No, it's a very big deal and now three schools have been caught doing it in the name of "equity" so the AG is doing a full check on all the FCPS schools. So continue to be an apologist for TJ but you are wrong. Parents are very angry and they are also angry that FCPS installed teh $425K diversity person. Enough is enough!

YES!

Lies. FCPS didn’t not “install a $425k diversity person”.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid wasn’t even commended. Perhaps an off day bc was focused on a school activity that afternoon or maybe not as smart as other kids. Whatever.

Kid did get a 1540 on SAT in 1 sitting (common app shows how many tries it takes to get score). Also had all 5s on AP exams and took a high number of AP exams compared to school peers. Had 2 B pluses in high school - including 1 junior year - so not valedictorian but higher GPA than many and high rigor (calc BC, all lab sciences, 4 years foreign language, wants to be Humanities major). Solid but regular high school activities (varsity letter winner in multiple sports, club officer, team captain etc). Known as a “nice” kid.

Was accepted REA to first choice school this fall.

All that is to say commended doesn’t make a kid or break an applicant.

So some kids do get commended, but maybe didn't have one of the things YOUR kid has. Why is it ok to take that away from them?
What if your kid had been forced to intentionally hide one of the things you mentioned above? You'd be ok with that?

What was taken away from them? Did they fail to check their own score? My kid never got a 'certificate' or 'ceremony' from his school, but knew right away when he logged in and saw his score that he made the cut and put it on the common app. I haven't read all of this stuff, so maybe I'm missing facts, but what exactly is the argument people are making that these kids were prevented from knowing they were commended? Did they restrict access to their College Board accounts somehow? Or are we talking about high achieving kids who didn't know that commended was a possibility or that they could amend their Common App with supplemental information?

+1. Much Ado about Nothing.

So it's perfectly okay for the schools to have made the decision to withhold these notifications? It wasn't an administrative oversight, or some other type of error, it was done deliberately.

No it's not. However, the impact is infinitesimal that it's indeed Much Ado about Nothing. BTW, I'm not a fan of the TJ admissions process change, the focus on "Asian dilution" and other wokeisms, but this is stupid.

No, it's a very big deal and now three schools have been caught doing it in the name of "equity" so the AG is doing a full check on all the FCPS schools. So continue to be an apologist for TJ but you are wrong. Parents are very angry and they are also angry that FCPS installed teh $425K diversity person. Enough is enough!

YES!

Lies. FCPS didn’t not “install a $425k diversity person”.

I'm not the pp you quoted.

They paid $455,000 to a consultant called "Performance Fact" for "equity" consulting.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid wasn’t even commended. Perhaps an off day bc was focused on a school activity that afternoon or maybe not as smart as other kids. Whatever.

Kid did get a 1540 on SAT in 1 sitting (common app shows how many tries it takes to get score). Also had all 5s on AP exams and took a high number of AP exams compared to school peers. Had 2 B pluses in high school - including 1 junior year - so not valedictorian but higher GPA than many and high rigor (calc BC, all lab sciences, 4 years foreign language, wants to be Humanities major). Solid but regular high school activities (varsity letter winner in multiple sports, club officer, team captain etc). Known as a “nice” kid.

Was accepted REA to first choice school this fall.

All that is to say commended doesn’t make a kid or break an applicant.

So some kids do get commended, but maybe didn't have one of the things YOUR kid has. Why is it ok to take that away from them?
What if your kid had been forced to intentionally hide one of the things you mentioned above? You'd be ok with that?

What was taken away from them? Did they fail to check their own score? My kid never got a 'certificate' or 'ceremony' from his school, but knew right away when he logged in and saw his score that he made the cut and put it on the common app. I haven't read all of this stuff, so maybe I'm missing facts, but what exactly is the argument people are making that these kids were prevented from knowing they were commended? Did they restrict access to their College Board accounts somehow? Or are we talking about high achieving kids who didn't know that commended was a possibility or that they could amend their Common App with supplemental information?

+1. Much Ado about Nothing.

So it's perfectly okay for the schools to have made the decision to withhold these notifications? It wasn't an administrative oversight, or some other type of error, it was done deliberately.

No it's not. However, the impact is infinitesimal that it's indeed Much Ado about Nothing. BTW, I'm not a fan of the TJ admissions process change, the focus on "Asian dilution" and other wokeisms, but this is stupid.

No, it's a very big deal and now three schools have been caught doing it in the name of "equity" so the AG is doing a full check on all the FCPS schools. So continue to be an apologist for TJ but you are wrong. Parents are very angry and they are also angry that FCPS installed teh $425K diversity person. Enough is enough!

YES!

Lies. FCPS didn’t not “install a $425k diversity person”.

I'm not the pp you quoted.

They paid $455,000 to a consultant called "Performance Fact" for "equity" consulting.

The firm provides a variety of different consulting services. Asra was pushing assumptions as fact.

Anyway, that’s still not “install a $425k diversity person”.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid wasn’t even commended. Perhaps an off day bc was focused on a school activity that afternoon or maybe not as smart as other kids. Whatever.

Kid did get a 1540 on SAT in 1 sitting (common app shows how many tries it takes to get score). Also had all 5s on AP exams and took a high number of AP exams compared to school peers. Had 2 B pluses in high school - including 1 junior year - so not valedictorian but higher GPA than many and high rigor (calc BC, all lab sciences, 4 years foreign language, wants to be Humanities major). Solid but regular high school activities (varsity letter winner in multiple sports, club officer, team captain etc). Known as a “nice” kid.

Was accepted REA to first choice school this fall.

All that is to say commended doesn’t make a kid or break an applicant.

So some kids do get commended, but maybe didn't have one of the things YOUR kid has. Why is it ok to take that away from them?
What if your kid had been forced to intentionally hide one of the things you mentioned above? You'd be ok with that?

What was taken away from them? Did they fail to check their own score? My kid never got a 'certificate' or 'ceremony' from his school, but knew right away when he logged in and saw his score that he made the cut and put it on the common app. I haven't read all of this stuff, so maybe I'm missing facts, but what exactly is the argument people are making that these kids were prevented from knowing they were commended? Did they restrict access to their College Board accounts somehow? Or are we talking about high achieving kids who didn't know that commended was a possibility or that they could amend their Common App with supplemental information?

+1. Much Ado about Nothing.

So it's perfectly okay for the schools to have made the decision to withhold these notifications? It wasn't an administrative oversight, or some other type of error, it was done deliberately.

No it's not. However, the impact is infinitesimal that it's indeed Much Ado about Nothing. BTW, I'm not a fan of the TJ admissions process change, the focus on "Asian dilution" and other wokeisms, but this is stupid.

No, it's a very big deal and now three schools have been caught doing it in the name of "equity" so the AG is doing a full check on all the FCPS schools. So continue to be an apologist for TJ but you are wrong. Parents are very angry and they are also angry that FCPS installed teh $425K diversity person. Enough is enough!

YES!

Lies. FCPS didn’t not “install a $425k diversity person”.

I'm not the pp you quoted.

They paid $455,000 to a consultant called "Performance Fact" for "equity" consulting.

The firm provides a variety of different consulting services. Asra was pushing assumptions as fact.

Anyway, that’s still not “install a $425k diversity person”.

You can read their presentation right here
https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/_Fairfax%20County%20PS_Board%20%20Retreat_Main%20Presentation_091722.pptx%20%281%29.pdf

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Anonymous wrote:My kid wasn’t even commended. Perhaps an off day bc was focused on a school activity that afternoon or maybe not as smart as other kids. Whatever.

Kid did get a 1540 on SAT in 1 sitting (common app shows how many tries it takes to get score). Also had all 5s on AP exams and took a high number of AP exams compared to school peers. Had 2 B pluses in high school - including 1 junior year - so not valedictorian but higher GPA than many and high rigor (calc BC, all lab sciences, 4 years foreign language, wants to be Humanities major). Solid but regular high school activities (varsity letter winner in multiple sports, club officer, team captain etc). Known as a “nice” kid.

Was accepted REA to first choice school this fall.

All that is to say commended doesn’t make a kid or break an applicant.

So some kids do get commended, but maybe didn't have one of the things YOUR kid has. Why is it ok to take that away from them?
What if your kid had been forced to intentionally hide one of the things you mentioned above? You'd be ok with that?

What was taken away from them? Did they fail to check their own score? My kid never got a 'certificate' or 'ceremony' from his school, but knew right away when he logged in and saw his score that he made the cut and put it on the common app. I haven't read all of this stuff, so maybe I'm missing facts, but what exactly is the argument people are making that these kids were prevented from knowing they were commended? Did they restrict access to their College Board accounts somehow? Or are we talking about high achieving kids who didn't know that commended was a possibility or that they could amend their Common App with supplemental information?

+1. Much Ado about Nothing.

So it's perfectly okay for the schools to have made the decision to withhold these notifications? It wasn't an administrative oversight, or some other type of error, it was done deliberately.

No it's not. However, the impact is infinitesimal that it's indeed Much Ado about Nothing. BTW, I'm not a fan of the TJ admissions process change, the focus on "Asian dilution" and other wokeisms, but this is stupid.

No, it's a very big deal and now three schools have been caught doing it in the name of "equity" so the AG is doing a full check on all the FCPS schools. So continue to be an apologist for TJ but you are wrong. Parents are very angry and they are also angry that FCPS installed teh $425K diversity person. Enough is enough!

YES!

Lies. FCPS didn’t not “install a $425k diversity person”.

I'm not the pp you quoted.

They paid $455,000 to a consultant called "Performance Fact" for "equity" consulting.

The firm provides a variety of different consulting services. Asra was pushing assumptions as fact.

Anyway, that’s still not “install a $425k diversity person”.

You can read their presentation right here
https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/_Fairfax%20County%20PS_Board%20%20Retreat_Main%20Presentation_091722.pptx%20%281%29.pdf

They did a lot more work than this one presentation. Look at the contract.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid wasn’t even commended. Perhaps an off day bc was focused on a school activity that afternoon or maybe not as smart as other kids. Whatever.

Kid did get a 1540 on SAT in 1 sitting (common app shows how many tries it takes to get score). Also had all 5s on AP exams and took a high number of AP exams compared to school peers. Had 2 B pluses in high school - including 1 junior year - so not valedictorian but higher GPA than many and high rigor (calc BC, all lab sciences, 4 years foreign language, wants to be Humanities major). Solid but regular high school activities (varsity letter winner in multiple sports, club officer, team captain etc). Known as a “nice” kid.

Was accepted REA to first choice school this fall.

All that is to say commended doesn’t make a kid or break an applicant.

So some kids do get commended, but maybe didn't have one of the things YOUR kid has. Why is it ok to take that away from them?
What if your kid had been forced to intentionally hide one of the things you mentioned above? You'd be ok with that?

What was taken away from them? Did they fail to check their own score? My kid never got a 'certificate' or 'ceremony' from his school, but knew right away when he logged in and saw his score that he made the cut and put it on the common app. I haven't read all of this stuff, so maybe I'm missing facts, but what exactly is the argument people are making that these kids were prevented from knowing they were commended? Did they restrict access to their College Board accounts somehow? Or are we talking about high achieving kids who didn't know that commended was a possibility or that they could amend their Common App with supplemental information?

+1. Much Ado about Nothing.

So it's perfectly okay for the schools to have made the decision to withhold these notifications? It wasn't an administrative oversight, or some other type of error, it was done deliberately.

No it's not. However, the impact is infinitesimal that it's indeed Much Ado about Nothing. BTW, I'm not a fan of the TJ admissions process change, the focus on "Asian dilution" and other wokeisms, but this is stupid.

No, it's a very big deal and now three schools have been caught doing it in the name of "equity" so the AG is doing a full check on all the FCPS schools. So continue to be an apologist for TJ but you are wrong. Parents are very angry and they are also angry that FCPS installed teh $425K diversity person. Enough is enough!

YES!

Lies. FCPS didn’t not “install a $425k diversity person”.

I'm not the pp you quoted.

They paid $455,000 to a consultant called "Performance Fact" for "equity" consulting.

The firm provides a variety of different consulting services. Asra was pushing assumptions as fact.

Anyway, that’s still not “install a $425k diversity person”.

You can read their presentation right here
https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/_Fairfax%20County%20PS_Board%20%20Retreat_Main%20Presentation_091722.pptx%20%281%29.pdf

They did a lot more work than this one presentation. Look at the contract.

I'm sure, but the pp (you?) insinuated that we (general public) don't know that the consulting was definitely for "equity" because they "provide a variety of different consulting services." As if they were possibly providing consulting on landscaping or something.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid wasn’t even commended. Perhaps an off day bc was focused on a school activity that afternoon or maybe not as smart as other kids. Whatever.

Kid did get a 1540 on SAT in 1 sitting (common app shows how many tries it takes to get score). Also had all 5s on AP exams and took a high number of AP exams compared to school peers. Had 2 B pluses in high school - including 1 junior year - so not valedictorian but higher GPA than many and high rigor (calc BC, all lab sciences, 4 years foreign language, wants to be Humanities major). Solid but regular high school activities (varsity letter winner in multiple sports, club officer, team captain etc). Known as a “nice” kid.

Was accepted REA to first choice school this fall.

All that is to say commended doesn’t make a kid or break an applicant.

So some kids do get commended, but maybe didn't have one of the things YOUR kid has. Why is it ok to take that away from them?
What if your kid had been forced to intentionally hide one of the things you mentioned above? You'd be ok with that?

What was taken away from them? Did they fail to check their own score? My kid never got a 'certificate' or 'ceremony' from his school, but knew right away when he logged in and saw his score that he made the cut and put it on the common app. I haven't read all of this stuff, so maybe I'm missing facts, but what exactly is the argument people are making that these kids were prevented from knowing they were commended? Did they restrict access to their College Board accounts somehow? Or are we talking about high achieving kids who didn't know that commended was a possibility or that they could amend their Common App with supplemental information?

+1. Much Ado about Nothing.

So it's perfectly okay for the schools to have made the decision to withhold these notifications? It wasn't an administrative oversight, or some other type of error, it was done deliberately.

No it's not. However, the impact is infinitesimal that it's indeed Much Ado about Nothing. BTW, I'm not a fan of the TJ admissions process change, the focus on "Asian dilution" and other wokeisms, but this is stupid.

No, it's a very big deal and now three schools have been caught doing it in the name of "equity" so the AG is doing a full check on all the FCPS schools. So continue to be an apologist for TJ but you are wrong. Parents are very angry and they are also angry that FCPS installed teh $425K diversity person. Enough is enough!

YES!

Lies. FCPS didn’t not “install a $425k diversity person”.

I'm not the pp you quoted.

They paid $455,000 to a consultant called "Performance Fact" for "equity" consulting.

The firm provides a variety of different consulting services. Asra was pushing assumptions as fact.

Anyway, that’s still not “install a $425k diversity person”.

You can read their presentation right here
https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/_Fairfax%20County%20PS_Board%20%20Retreat_Main%20Presentation_091722.pptx%20%281%29.pdf

They did a lot more work than this one presentation. Look at the contract.

I'm sure, but the pp (you?) insinuated that we (general public) don't know that the consulting was definitely for "equity" because they "provide a variety of different consulting services." As if they were possibly providing consulting on landscaping or something.

They provide consulting on a variety of educational areas.

Asra is making assumptions and pushing them as facts.

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Anonymous wrote:Did they put that they were Commended students on any of their college applications?

Duh! YES.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid wasn’t even commended. Perhaps an off day bc was focused on a school activity that afternoon or maybe not as smart as other kids. Whatever.

Kid did get a 1540 on SAT in 1 sitting (common app shows how many tries it takes to get score). Also had all 5s on AP exams and took a high number of AP exams compared to school peers. Had 2 B pluses in high school - including 1 junior year - so not valedictorian but higher GPA than many and high rigor (calc BC, all lab sciences, 4 years foreign language, wants to be Humanities major). Solid but regular high school activities (varsity letter winner in multiple sports, club officer, team captain etc). Known as a “nice” kid.

Was accepted REA to first choice school this fall.

All that is to say commended doesn’t make a kid or break an applicant.

Absolutely. I’m sure withholding the awards notification was recommended as an equity measure by these “consultants”

So some kids do get commended, but maybe didn't have one of the things YOUR kid has. Why is it ok to take that away from them?
What if your kid had been forced to intentionally hide one of the things you mentioned above? You'd be ok with that?

What was taken away from them? Did they fail to check their own score? My kid never got a 'certificate' or 'ceremony' from his school, but knew right away when he logged in and saw his score that he made the cut and put it on the common app. I haven't read all of this stuff, so maybe I'm missing facts, but what exactly is the argument people are making that these kids were prevented from knowing they were commended? Did they restrict access to their College Board accounts somehow? Or are we talking about high achieving kids who didn't know that commended was a possibility or that they could amend their Common App with supplemental information?

+1. Much Ado about Nothing.

So it's perfectly okay for the schools to have made the decision to withhold these notifications? It wasn't an administrative oversight, or some other type of error, it was done deliberately.

No it's not. However, the impact is infinitesimal that it's indeed Much Ado about Nothing. BTW, I'm not a fan of the TJ admissions process change, the focus on "Asian dilution" and other wokeisms, but this is stupid.

No, it's a very big deal and now three schools have been caught doing it in the name of "equity" so the AG is doing a full check on all the FCPS schools. So continue to be an apologist for TJ but you are wrong. Parents are very angry and they are also angry that FCPS installed teh $425K diversity person. Enough is enough!

YES!

Lies. FCPS didn’t not “install a $425k diversity person”.

I'm not the pp you quoted.

They paid $455,000 to a consultant called "Performance Fact" for "equity" consulting.

The firm provides a variety of different consulting services. Asra was pushing assumptions as fact.

Anyway, that’s still not “install a $425k diversity person”.

You can read their presentation right here
https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/_Fairfax%20County%20PS_Board%20%20Retreat_Main%20Presentation_091722.pptx%20%281%29.pdf

They did a lot more work than this one presentation. Look at the contract.