Data for middle schools for TJ

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So basically the good schools are good enough and TJ should be an alternative for the kids who’d otherwise attend schools that aren’t very good?

That won’t do anything to improve the schools that aren’t very good (in fact it will strip them of kids who might have been role models), but it will change TJ from a top STEM magnet to a charter-like school for some families otherwise faced with less appealing alternatives.

That’s kind of ironic, given how much FCPS freaks out at any mention of charters.

It’s not “charter-like” at all. Or maybe you have a bizarre understanding of charter schools.

Apparently better than you. You might want to read up on their attributes.

Please describe the attributes you associate with charter schools.

Some that come to mind:

* located in declining school districts (check)

* largely functioning to give parents at the worst schools an alternative (check)

* selective (check) (feel free to read Valerie Strauss and Kevin Welner on this topic)

* function with greater autonomy than other schools in the same district (check)

* more likely to push out kids who don't make the school look successful (check)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is absolutely bizarre that the lowest admissions rates for the Class of 2025 were for kids at Frost and Kilmer, two MC/UMC schools with AAP programs.

Way to stick it to Carson, Karen Keys Gamarra! You are just brilliant!

The way the system is set up, it's not at all shocking to see these schools having the lowest acceptance rates:
Lake Braddock 10.0%
Frost 9.3% - 10.3%
Lanier/Johnson 9.2% - 11.5%
Kilmer 7.1% - 8.9%

The AAP kids at those schools are not resourced enough to compete with the Carson, Longfellow, and Rocky Run kids, but not un-resourced enough to qualify for any experience factor points.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is absolutely bizarre that the lowest admissions rates for the Class of 2025 were for kids at Frost and Kilmer, two MC/UMC schools with AAP programs.

Way to stick it to Carson, Karen Keys Gamarra! You are just brilliant!

The way the system is set up, it's not at all shocking to see these schools having the lowest acceptance rates:
Lake Braddock 10.0%
Frost 9.3% - 10.3%
Lanier/Johnson 9.2% - 11.5%
Kilmer 7.1% - 8.9%

The AAP kids at those schools are not resourced enough to compete with the Carson, Longfellow, and Rocky Run kids, but not un-resourced enough to qualify for any experience factor points.

Exactly. They created their own new "TJ donut hole."

[Anonymous]

Kilmer went to having the fourth or fifth highest number of TJ admissions behind Carson, Longfellow, and Rocky Run (and sometimes Frost) to having the lowest percentage admissions rate of any FCPS middle school for the TJ Class of 2025.

Kilmer is in the Providence District, represented by Karl Frisch. FCPS Pride gave Frisch an award this weekend for his service to FCPS, also specifically including the LBGTQIA community.

If you aren't as thrilled with what Frisch has done for Kilmer and other Providence District schools and families as FCPS Pride, you know what to do next fall when the School Board is up for re-election.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kilmer went to having the fourth or fifth highest number of TJ admissions behind Carson, Longfellow, and Rocky Run (and sometimes Frost) to having the lowest percentage admissions rate of any FCPS middle school for the TJ Class of 2025.

Kilmer is in the Providence District, represented by Karl Frisch. FCPS Pride gave Frisch an award this weekend for his service to FCPS, also specifically including the LBGTQIA community.

If you aren't as thrilled with what Frisch has done for Kilmer and other Providence District schools and families as FCPS Pride, you know what to do next fall when the School Board is up for re-election.

You are so desperate to vote people out that you are some how or another tying a persons support for LBGTQA to changes in TJ policy? Was their a question about sexual orientation that I missed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kilmer went to having the fourth or fifth highest number of TJ admissions behind Carson, Longfellow, and Rocky Run (and sometimes Frost) to having the lowest percentage admissions rate of any FCPS middle school for the TJ Class of 2025.

Kilmer is in the Providence District, represented by Karl Frisch. FCPS Pride gave Frisch an award this weekend for his service to FCPS, also specifically including the LBGTQIA community.

If you aren't as thrilled with what Frisch has done for Kilmer and other Providence District schools and families as FCPS Pride, you know what to do next fall when the School Board is up for re-election.

You are so desperate to vote people out that you are some how or another tying a persons support for LBGTQA to changes in TJ policy? Was their a question about sexual orientation that I missed?

Just observing what gets rewarded in FCPS these days and what gets ignored.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kilmer went to having the fourth or fifth highest number of TJ admissions behind Carson, Longfellow, and Rocky Run (and sometimes Frost) to having the lowest percentage admissions rate of any FCPS middle school for the TJ Class of 2025.

Kilmer is in the Providence District, represented by Karl Frisch. FCPS Pride gave Frisch an award this weekend for his service to FCPS, also specifically including the LBGTQIA community.

If you aren't as thrilled with what Frisch has done for Kilmer and other Providence District schools and families as FCPS Pride, you know what to do next fall when the School Board is up for re-election.

How about absolute numbers? How many applicants & acceptances for these schools for the last few years?

Maybe Kilmer had a surge in applicants after they realized more kids would have a chance?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kilmer went to having the fourth or fifth highest number of TJ admissions behind Carson, Longfellow, and Rocky Run (and sometimes Frost) to having the lowest percentage admissions rate of any FCPS middle school for the TJ Class of 2025.

Kilmer is in the Providence District, represented by Karl Frisch. FCPS Pride gave Frisch an award this weekend for his service to FCPS, also specifically including the LBGTQIA community.

If you aren't as thrilled with what Frisch has done for Kilmer and other Providence District schools and families as FCPS Pride, you know what to do next fall when the School Board is up for re-election.

You are so desperate to vote people out that you are some how or another tying a persons support for LBGTQA to changes in TJ policy? Was their a question about sexual orientation that I missed?

Just observing what gets rewarded in FCPS these days and what gets ignored.

How many middle aren’t “feeders”?

They aren’t being ignored anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So basically the good schools are good enough and TJ should be an alternative for the kids who’d otherwise attend schools that aren’t very good?

That won’t do anything to improve the schools that aren’t very good (in fact it will strip them of kids who might have been role models), but it will change TJ from a top STEM magnet to a charter-like school for some families otherwise faced with less appealing alternatives.

That’s kind of ironic, given how much FCPS freaks out at any mention of charters.

It’s not “charter-like” at all. Or maybe you have a bizarre understanding of charter schools.

Apparently better than you. You might want to read up on their attributes.

Please describe the attributes you associate with charter schools.

Some that come to mind:

* located in declining school districts (check)

* largely functioning to give parents at the worst schools an alternative (check)

* selective (check) (feel free to read Valerie Strauss and Kevin Welner on this topic)

* function with greater autonomy than other schools in the same district (check)

* more likely to push out kids who don't make the school look successful (check)

BS.

Despite the RWNJ propaganda you read, FCPS isn’t “declining”.

TJ was just named #1 HS in the nation again so they must be doing something right.
#1 in National Rankings
#1 in Virginia High Schools
#1 in Washington, DC Metro Area High Schools

And FCPS has 8 out of 10 top HSs in VA.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia


And TJ is certainly not “largely functioning to give parents at the worst schools an alternative”. GMAFB. Did they even admit the top 1.5% at every school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So basically the good schools are good enough and TJ should be an alternative for the kids who’d otherwise attend schools that aren’t very good?

That won’t do anything to improve the schools that aren’t very good (in fact it will strip them of kids who might have been role models), but it will change TJ from a top STEM magnet to a charter-like school for some families otherwise faced with less appealing alternatives.

That’s kind of ironic, given how much FCPS freaks out at any mention of charters.

It’s not “charter-like” at all. Or maybe you have a bizarre understanding of charter schools.

Apparently better than you. You might want to read up on their attributes.

Please describe the attributes you associate with charter schools.

Some that come to mind:

* located in declining school districts (check)

* largely functioning to give parents at the worst schools an alternative (check)

* selective (check) (feel free to read Valerie Strauss and Kevin Welner on this topic)

* function with greater autonomy than other schools in the same district (check)

* more likely to push out kids who don't make the school look successful (check)

BS.

Despite the RWNJ propaganda you read, FCPS isn’t “declining”.

TJ was just named #1 HS in the nation again so they must be doing something right.
#1 in National Rankings
#1 in Virginia High Schools
#1 in Washington, DC Metro Area High Schools

And FCPS has 8 out of 10 top HSs in VA.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia


And TJ is certainly not “largely functioning to give parents at the worst schools an alternative”. GMAFB. Did they even admit the top 1.5% at every school?

Sure, FCPS has some of the top schools in the state because it still has parents compensating for the glaring weaknesses in FCPS. Now look at the growing number of schools in FCPS nowhere near the top 10.

And the latest TJ rankings are based entirely on the performance of recent graduates admitted years ago under the system that you and your crony friends worked so hard to overturn. Come back in 5-6 years when the rankings are based on the performance of kids admitted under the new pork-barrel spoils system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So basically the good schools are good enough and TJ should be an alternative for the kids who’d otherwise attend schools that aren’t very good?

That won’t do anything to improve the schools that aren’t very good (in fact it will strip them of kids who might have been role models), but it will change TJ from a top STEM magnet to a charter-like school for some families otherwise faced with less appealing alternatives.

That’s kind of ironic, given how much FCPS freaks out at any mention of charters.

It’s not “charter-like” at all. Or maybe you have a bizarre understanding of charter schools.

Apparently better than you. You might want to read up on their attributes.

Please describe the attributes you associate with charter schools.

Some that come to mind:

* located in declining school districts (check)

* largely functioning to give parents at the worst schools an alternative (check)

* selective (check) (feel free to read Valerie Strauss and Kevin Welner on this topic)

* function with greater autonomy than other schools in the same district (check)

* more likely to push out kids who don't make the school look successful (check)

BS.

Despite the RWNJ propaganda you read, FCPS isn’t “declining”.

TJ was just named #1 HS in the nation again so they must be doing something right.
#1 in National Rankings
#1 in Virginia High Schools
#1 in Washington, DC Metro Area High Schools

And FCPS has 8 out of 10 top HSs in VA.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia


And TJ is certainly not “largely functioning to give parents at the worst schools an alternative”. GMAFB. Did they even admit the top 1.5% at every school?

Sure, FCPS has some of the top schools in the state because it still has parents compensating for the glaring weaknesses in FCPS. Now look at the growing number of schools in FCPS nowhere near the top 10.

And the latest TJ rankings are based entirely on the performance of recent graduates admitted years ago under the system that you and your crony friends worked so hard to overturn. Come back in 5-6 years when the rankings are based on the performance of kids admitted under the new pork-barrel spoils system.

FCPS and TJ are fine. More than fine.

And TJ is not like a charter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So basically the good schools are good enough and TJ should be an alternative for the kids who’d otherwise attend schools that aren’t very good?

That won’t do anything to improve the schools that aren’t very good (in fact it will strip them of kids who might have been role models), but it will change TJ from a top STEM magnet to a charter-like school for some families otherwise faced with less appealing alternatives.

That’s kind of ironic, given how much FCPS freaks out at any mention of charters.

It’s not “charter-like” at all. Or maybe you have a bizarre understanding of charter schools.

Apparently better than you. You might want to read up on their attributes.

Please describe the attributes you associate with charter schools.

Some that come to mind:

* located in declining school districts (check)

* largely functioning to give parents at the worst schools an alternative (check)

* selective (check) (feel free to read Valerie Strauss and Kevin Welner on this topic)

* function with greater autonomy than other schools in the same district (check)

* more likely to push out kids who don't make the school look successful (check)

BS.

Despite the RWNJ propaganda you read, FCPS isn’t “declining”.

TJ was just named #1 HS in the nation again so they must be doing something right.
#1 in National Rankings
#1 in Virginia High Schools
#1 in Washington, DC Metro Area High Schools

And FCPS has 8 out of 10 top HSs in VA.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia


And TJ is certainly not “largely functioning to give parents at the worst schools an alternative”. GMAFB. Did they even admit the top 1.5% at every school?

Boom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So basically the good schools are good enough and TJ should be an alternative for the kids who’d otherwise attend schools that aren’t very good?

That won’t do anything to improve the schools that aren’t very good (in fact it will strip them of kids who might have been role models), but it will change TJ from a top STEM magnet to a charter-like school for some families otherwise faced with less appealing alternatives.

That’s kind of ironic, given how much FCPS freaks out at any mention of charters.

It’s not “charter-like” at all. Or maybe you have a bizarre understanding of charter schools.

Apparently better than you. You might want to read up on their attributes.

Please describe the attributes you associate with charter schools.

Some that come to mind:

* located in declining school districts (check)

* largely functioning to give parents at the worst schools an alternative (check)

* selective (check) (feel free to read Valerie Strauss and Kevin Welner on this topic)

* function with greater autonomy than other schools in the same district (check)

* more likely to push out kids who don't make the school look successful (check)

BS.

Despite the RWNJ propaganda you read, FCPS isn’t “declining”.

TJ was just named #1 HS in the nation again so they must be doing something right.
#1 in National Rankings
#1 in Virginia High Schools
#1 in Washington, DC Metro Area High Schools

And FCPS has 8 out of 10 top HSs in VA.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia


And TJ is certainly not “largely functioning to give parents at the worst schools an alternative”. GMAFB. Did they even admit the top 1.5% at every school?

Sure, FCPS has some of the top schools in the state because it still has parents compensating for the glaring weaknesses in FCPS. Now look at the growing number of schools in FCPS nowhere near the top 10.

And the latest TJ rankings are based entirely on the performance of recent graduates admitted years ago under the system that you and your crony friends worked so hard to overturn. Come back in 5-6 years when the rankings are based on the performance of kids admitted under the new pork-barrel spoils system.

FCPS and TJ are fine. More than fine.

And TJ is not like a charter.

So you got called out and your response was to run away from the facts?

Your ilk wants to take credit for the accomplishments of recent TJ graduates after you spent years calling them toxic, test-prepped robots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So basically the good schools are good enough and TJ should be an alternative for the kids who’d otherwise attend schools that aren’t very good?

That won’t do anything to improve the schools that aren’t very good (in fact it will strip them of kids who might have been role models), but it will change TJ from a top STEM magnet to a charter-like school for some families otherwise faced with less appealing alternatives.

That’s kind of ironic, given how much FCPS freaks out at any mention of charters.

It’s not “charter-like” at all. Or maybe you have a bizarre understanding of charter schools.

Apparently better than you. You might want to read up on their attributes.

Please describe the attributes you associate with charter schools.

Some that come to mind:

* located in declining school districts (check)

* largely functioning to give parents at the worst schools an alternative (check)

* selective (check) (feel free to read Valerie Strauss and Kevin Welner on this topic)

* function with greater autonomy than other schools in the same district (check)

* more likely to push out kids who don't make the school look successful (check)

BS.

Despite the RWNJ propaganda you read, FCPS isn’t “declining”.

TJ was just named #1 HS in the nation again so they must be doing something right.
#1 in National Rankings
#1 in Virginia High Schools
#1 in Washington, DC Metro Area High Schools

And FCPS has 8 out of 10 top HSs in VA.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia


And TJ is certainly not “largely functioning to give parents at the worst schools an alternative”. GMAFB. Did they even admit the top 1.5% at every school?

Boom.

More like thud.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So basically the good schools are good enough and TJ should be an alternative for the kids who’d otherwise attend schools that aren’t very good?

That won’t do anything to improve the schools that aren’t very good (in fact it will strip them of kids who might have been role models), but it will change TJ from a top STEM magnet to a charter-like school for some families otherwise faced with less appealing alternatives.

That’s kind of ironic, given how much FCPS freaks out at any mention of charters.

It’s not “charter-like” at all. Or maybe you have a bizarre understanding of charter schools.

Apparently better than you. You might want to read up on their attributes.

Please describe the attributes you associate with charter schools.

Some that come to mind:

* located in declining school districts (check)

* largely functioning to give parents at the worst schools an alternative (check)

* selective (check) (feel free to read Valerie Strauss and Kevin Welner on this topic)

* function with greater autonomy than other schools in the same district (check)

* more likely to push out kids who don't make the school look successful (check)

BS.

Despite the RWNJ propaganda you read, FCPS isn’t “declining”.

TJ was just named #1 HS in the nation again so they must be doing something right.
#1 in National Rankings
#1 in Virginia High Schools
#1 in Washington, DC Metro Area High Schools

And FCPS has 8 out of 10 top HSs in VA.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia


And TJ is certainly not “largely functioning to give parents at the worst schools an alternative”. GMAFB. Did they even admit the top 1.5% at every school?

Sure, FCPS has some of the top schools in the state because it still has parents compensating for the glaring weaknesses in FCPS. Now look at the growing number of schools in FCPS nowhere near the top 10.

And the latest TJ rankings are based entirely on the performance of recent graduates admitted years ago under the system that you and your crony friends worked so hard to overturn. Come back in 5-6 years when the rankings are based on the performance of kids admitted under the new pork-barrel spoils system.

FCPS and TJ are fine. More than fine.

And TJ is not like a charter.

So you got called out and your response was to run away from the facts?

Your ilk wants to take credit for the accomplishments of recent TJ graduates after you spent years calling them toxic, test-prepped robots.

PP was full of sh1t. No facts.