She was addressing a population that was 75% asian. Who did she THINK she was talking to? Don't be obtuse. |
It wasn't 75% Asian. ![]() She wasn't singling out Asian families and it wasn't disparaging at all. |
A review of the prerequisites from the FCPS page state: "applicants must: (1) have completed a full-year course of Algebra 1, or be currently enrolled in a full-year course of honors-level Algebra 1; applicants attending schools whose curricular programs do not include “honors” Algebra 1 courses must have completed or be enrolled in a full-year course of the highest level of Algebra 1 available at their school l; " That exception alone reflects there are applicants (and admittees) who are not even in Honors Algebra I in eighth grade. While this exception is "more inclusive," we can all agree it is a step downward from the rigor of the prior process. It is beyond me why the DEI sycophants here keep trying to assert there has not been a decrease in academic attainment of the incoming freshman classes following the admissions reform. |
That's why GPAs are not a sufficient measure of academic achievement. It is unclear if a student who gets an A in non-honors 8th grade Algebra 1 has the academic foundation needed to thrive at TJ. Standardized test scores should be used in the admissions process to objectively assess student readiness. |
At last FCPS hears TJ community concerns. Welcome new Principal! |
Similar to how making the SAT optional has hurt UMRs more than any other group, leading to its reinstatement, TJ has no choice but to bring back the test in order to admit qualified students and navigate its way out of the current mess. |
Asian enrollment is currently at a historic high. |
Or at least limit enrollment to the right kind of student i.e. those who can afford to purchase the test answers! ![]() |
So you think serving all county residents is DEI? All residents pay for these programs and they should be available to all residents. If there is a problem here, it's that all schools aren't offering comparable math education to their students. |
There really isn't sufficient data to draw an accurate conclusion. We need to give this a few more years to really assess the changes fairly. |
Over 95% of FCPS high school students don’t have access to TJ resources. You aren’t arguing for making them available to all students. You simply want them distributed to a different yet still limited population to align with a left-wing political agenda. |
DP. TJ should be accessible to kids from all middle schools, not just those who attend the affluent feeders. |
Not really, it should be accessible to "academically qualified" students not just any student. The past four years has shown that kids who are being admitted based on non-academic factors are suffering with poor grades and/or returning to base school. FCPS overwhelmingly wants academically affluent feeders to continue to thrive since that is were most of county's top STEM talent is nurtured. This is similar to how FCPS encourages other athletically affluent feeders. |
DP or no DP, ... Sockpuppetry shows! |
TJ NEVER limited access to only 4 wealthy feeder middle schools. Certain schools have more kids that meet for the TJ Admissions criteria. It is very clear that schools with more applicants have historically had more admitted students. Of course if a school has less than 10 applicants they would end up with less than 10 admits. No school with 100 or more applicants had less than 10 admitted students. All of the schools that had less than 10 admits had less than 100 applications. Of the list of schools with more than 10 admitted, only 5 of these schools had less than 100 applicants: https://www.fcag.org/documents/TJadmitbyMS.Classes2017to2021.pdf Ranking by Year/School with Highest Admission Rate (Excluding "ts" cases): Jackson 2018: 56.8% (42 admitted out of 74 tested) Hughes 2021: 44.0% (22 admitted out of 50 tested) Longfellow 2021: 39.5% (64 admitted out of 162 tested) Carson 2020: 37.1% (98 admitted out of 264 tested) Carson 2019: 35.8% (88 admitted out of 246 tested) Carson 2018: 34.7% (83 admitted out of 239 tested) Rocky Run 2017: 34.2% (55 admitted out of 161 tested) Carson 2017: 29.5% (64 admitted out of 217 tested) Kilmer 2021: 29.4% (35 admitted out of 119 tested) Longfellow 2020: 29.0% (45 admitted out of 155 tested) Longfellow 2017: 25.7% (55 admitted out of 214 tested) Kilmer 2019: 24.5% (38 admitted out of 155 tested) Longfellow 2018: 24.1% (54 admitted out of 166 tested) Frost 2019: 24.1% (21 admitted out of 87 tested) Hughes 2017: 21.2% (18 admitted out of 85 tested) Frost 2017: 20.0% (21 admitted out of 105 tested) Frost 2018: 22.3% (23 admitted out of 103 tested) Frost 2020: 21.6% (22 admitted out of 102 tested) Frost 2021: 22.5% (20 admitted out of 89 tested) Kilmer 2017: 22.5% (38 admitted out of 169 tested) Rocky Run 2021: 22.8% (39 admitted out of 171 tested) Kilmer 2018: 19.4% (32 admitted out of 165 tested) Kilmer 2020: 18.8% (25 admitted out of 133 tested) |