TJ Failure to Notify Letter of Commendation Winners

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be embarrassed if my mother was broadcasting to a National audience that 1) I was not bright enough for NMSF and 2) disorganized and did not inform her of key school emails.

This is the type of weird post I don't get from the Bonitatibus crowd. On the one hand, they want to increase the diversity at TJ and support changes to the admissions process to admit less qualified candidates to make that happen, and yet they suggest students should be embarrassed if their PSAT scores are only in the top 3%, but not top 1%, nationally.

From every indication, TJ will almost surely have fewer Semi-Finalists and fewer Commended students in the future, so start getting ready to spin that now.

Now that they're selecting the top kids from all schools, the future looks bright. In the past, the third-rate preppers who had to buy the test answers were dragging down the stats.

Some middle schools have far more academic talent than others, and they aren't even picking the top kids from each of the middle schools. The future looks like an exercise in decline, much like FCPS as a whole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be embarrassed if my mother was broadcasting to a National audience that 1) I was not bright enough for NMSF and 2) disorganized and did not inform her of key school emails.

This is the type of weird post I don't get from the Bonitatibus crowd. On the one hand, they want to increase the diversity at TJ and support changes to the admissions process to admit less qualified candidates to make that happen, and yet they suggest students should be embarrassed if their PSAT scores are only in the top 3%, but not top 1%, nationally.

From every indication, TJ will almost surely have fewer Semi-Finalists and fewer Commended students in the future, so start getting ready to spin that now.

Now that they're selecting the top kids from all schools, the future looks bright. In the past, the third-rate preppers who had to buy the test answers were dragging down the stats.

+100 Agree. All the innate talented kids will be NMSQT finalists. The commended student list for TJ class of 2025 will not exist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be embarrassed if my mother was broadcasting to a National audience that 1) I was not bright enough for NMSF and 2) disorganized and did not inform her of key school emails.

This is the type of weird post I don't get from the Bonitatibus crowd. On the one hand, they want to increase the diversity at TJ and support changes to the admissions process to admit less qualified candidates to make that happen, and yet they suggest students should be embarrassed if their PSAT scores are only in the top 3%, but not top 1%, nationally.

From every indication, TJ will almost surely have fewer Semi-Finalists and fewer Commended students in the future, so start getting ready to spin that now.

Now that they're selecting the top kids from all schools, the future looks bright. In the past, the third-rate preppers who had to buy the test answers were dragging down the stats.

+100 Agree. All the innate talented kids will be NMSQT finalists. The commended student list for TJ class of 2025 will not exist.

GFY

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can understand, when it comes to most awards (e.g. most popular, best science project...), it should suffice for the school to give it to the student only. However, when the award has scholarship implications (in this case, "Special Scholarships"), the parent also needs to be notified because financing college is the parents' responsibility. Kosatka and Zuliega both know this, which is why they apologized for the "mistake." TJ is in the wrong. Period. There is no need to argue any further about this point or to respond to the racist posters who are trying to make the victims feel bad. The only issue that remains is how TJ and FCPS should be held accountable for their wrongdoing.

EXACTLY! While a scholarship is a nice-to-have for these Karens who are victim shaming, there are many families who desperately need scholarships in order to send their kids to college. To these families, this intentional omission is a big deal. To the Karens, this intentional omission is just a bunch of nobodies making a mountain out of a molehill. Check your privilege, Karen.

The left has stopped using Karen to sling insults as it is a racial slur.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:US’ top high school hid over 1,200 students’ academic achievement in the name of ‘equity’

For years, administrators at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) concealed students’ National Merit certifications in the name of “equity,” according to a new report.

https://news.yahoo.com/us-top-high-school-hid-213034509.html

It is terrible the school did this. So much for TJ being a "top" school

[Anonymous]

My kid who was Commended didn't even list it on their Common App because they had too many other awards which were more impressive.

Sorry, Asra.

[Anonymous]

Let's get rid of the principal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be embarrassed if my mother was broadcasting to a National audience that 1) I was not bright enough for NMSF and 2) disorganized and did not inform her of key school emails.

This is the type of weird post I don't get from the Bonitatibus crowd. On the one hand, they want to increase the diversity at TJ and support changes to the admissions process to admit less qualified candidates to make that happen, and yet they suggest students should be embarrassed if their PSAT scores are only in the top 3%, but not top 1%, nationally.

From every indication, TJ will almost surely have fewer Semi-Finalists and fewer Commended students in the future, so start getting ready to spin that now.

Now that they're selecting the top kids from all schools, the future looks bright. In the past, the third-rate preppers who had to buy the test answers were dragging down the stats.

Some middle schools have far more academic talent than others, and they aren't even picking the top kids from each of the middle schools. The future looks like an exercise in decline, much like FCPS as a whole.

No they don't. Some schools have more privileged students who can afford outside enrichment. That doesn't make them more gifted or deserving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let's get rid of the principal.

That makes no sense the principal is one of the best things about the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be embarrassed if my mother was broadcasting to a National audience that 1) I was not bright enough for NMSF and 2) disorganized and did not inform her of key school emails.

This is the type of weird post I don't get from the Bonitatibus crowd. On the one hand, they want to increase the diversity at TJ and support changes to the admissions process to admit less qualified candidates to make that happen, and yet they suggest students should be embarrassed if their PSAT scores are only in the top 3%, but not top 1%, nationally.

From every indication, TJ will almost surely have fewer Semi-Finalists and fewer Commended students in the future, so start getting ready to spin that now.

Now that they're selecting the top kids from all schools, the future looks bright. In the past, the third-rate preppers who had to buy the test answers were dragging down the stats.

+100 Agree. All the innate talented kids will be NMSQT finalists. The commended student list for TJ class of 2025 will not exist.

Because the newer students are far more gifted than the third rate preppers who were buying test answers to appear gifted, it seems more likely that it will be higher than ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

anomani wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it, don’t you know whether you are a nmsf or commended based on your score? Why would you need your school to tell you?

Because the National Merit Scholarship Corporation has a specific algorithm that is state-based. Further, the recognition is from an organization, and the principal does not have a right to withhold that direct information from parents, especially mostly immigrant parents who don't know America's National Merit system.

The Commended Student score cutoff is based on national statistics - this year it is 207 for EVERY STUDENT IN THE COUNTRY. A quick Google search would tell you that.

As the parent of students who were both semifinalists and commended, I know we received letters directly from the National Merit Corporation informing them of their status. Semifinalists also have to complete a further application online to become finalists and qualify for scholarships.

The text you received said that schools are notified FIRST - it doesn't say that students are never directly notified.

Please get a new hobby.

Why is this lie keep getting repeated. Commended students are notified by the school, not from the National Merit Corporation. That is why this is such a scandal. Families were left i the dark that their child was eligible to apply for scholarships.

And the school did notify them in early November so don't see the problem here.

[Anonymous]

Disgusting. I hope they are both fired immediately.

[Anonymous]

Now that this is being covered in the Washington Post (so much for the posters claiming the report should be ignored since it was first reported in the City Journal) perhaps the heat will be sufficient to lead FCPS to replace Bonitatibus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be embarrassed if my mother was broadcasting to a National audience that 1) I was not bright enough for NMSF and 2) disorganized and did not inform her of key school emails.

This is the type of weird post I don't get from the Bonitatibus crowd. On the one hand, they want to increase the diversity at TJ and support changes to the admissions process to admit less qualified candidates to make that happen, and yet they suggest students should be embarrassed if their PSAT scores are only in the top 3%, but not top 1%, nationally.

From every indication, TJ will almost surely have fewer Semi-Finalists and fewer Commended students in the future, so start getting ready to spin that now.

Now that they're selecting the top kids from all schools, the future looks bright. In the past, the third-rate preppers who had to buy the test answers were dragging down the stats.

Some middle schools have far more academic talent than others, and they aren't even picking the top kids from each of the middle schools. The future looks like an exercise in decline, much like FCPS as a whole.

No they don't. Some schools have more privileged students who can afford outside enrichment. That doesn't make them more gifted or deserving.

By the time kids are applying to TJ they should be admitted based on both aptitude and achievement. The new admissions process is just a spoils system to benefit School Board politicians, to the detriment of some of the most qualified applicants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be embarrassed if my mother was broadcasting to a National audience that 1) I was not bright enough for NMSF and 2) disorganized and did not inform her of key school emails.

This is the type of weird post I don't get from the Bonitatibus crowd. On the one hand, they want to increase the diversity at TJ and support changes to the admissions process to admit less qualified candidates to make that happen, and yet they suggest students should be embarrassed if their PSAT scores are only in the top 3%, but not top 1%, nationally.

From every indication, TJ will almost surely have fewer Semi-Finalists and fewer Commended students in the future, so start getting ready to spin that now.

Now that they're selecting the top kids from all schools, the future looks bright. In the past, the third-rate preppers who had to buy the test answers were dragging down the stats.

Some middle schools have far more academic talent than others, and they aren't even picking the top kids from each of the middle schools. The future looks like an exercise in decline, much like FCPS as a whole.

No they don't. Some schools have more privileged students who can afford outside enrichment. That doesn't make them more gifted or deserving.

By the time kids are applying to TJ they should be admitted based on both aptitude and achievement. The new admissions process is just a spoils system to benefit School Board politicians, to the detriment of some of the most qualified applicants.

If you cry enough somebody might care. Geographic allotments are legal and aren't going anywhere.