TJ Failure to Notify Letter of Commendation Winners

[Anonymous]

It now appears there will be a state investigation of what happened at TJ with respect to the untimely notification to students of their commended status. Wouldn’t be surprised if the VDOE conditions continued recognition of TJ as a Governor’s School on changes to the school’s administration.

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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.

How the courts ultimately address the changes to the TJ admissions policy very much remains an open question.

[Anonymous]

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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.

"Early November" is too late to put on ED college applications, because they are typically due November 1. If you don't see a problem with that, please make sure to apply the same logic to your own child when they are applying for college. Don't allow them to submit their applications or other relevant info (SAT scores, requesting transcripts from their high school, application fee, etc.) until 2-3 weeks AFTER the due date. There shouldn't be a problem with that, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It now appears there will be a state investigation of what happened at TJ with respect to the untimely notification to students of their commended status. Wouldn’t be surprised if the VDOE conditions continued recognition of TJ as a Governor’s School on changes to the school’s administration.

Ah. So that was the play.

Faux outrage as an excuse to kick out the principal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It now appears there will be a state investigation of what happened at TJ with respect to the untimely notification to students of their commended status. Wouldn’t be surprised if the VDOE conditions continued recognition of TJ as a Governor’s School on changes to the school’s administration.

Just don't look at how rural governors schools operate. If you think TJ admission lacks merit now, what happens if FCPS decides to emulate Shenandoah Valley or SWVA?

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Anonymous wrote:It now appears there will be a state investigation of what happened at TJ with respect to the untimely notification to students of their commended status. Wouldn’t be surprised if the VDOE conditions continued recognition of TJ as a Governor’s School on changes to the school’s administration.

Ah. So that was the play.

Faux outrage as an excuse to kick out the principal.

Hopefully FCPS can find a principal even more dedicated to equity

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It now appears there will be a state investigation of what happened at TJ with respect to the untimely notification to students of their commended status. Wouldn’t be surprised if the VDOE conditions continued recognition of TJ as a Governor’s School on changes to the school’s administration.

Just don't look at how rural governors schools operate. If you think TJ admission lacks merit now, what happens if FCPS decides to emulate Shenandoah Valley or SWVA?

All part of the GOP/Youngkin’s plan to destroy public schools.

They want TJ to fail.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It now appears there will be a state investigation of what happened at TJ with respect to the untimely notification to students of their commended status. Wouldn’t be surprised if the VDOE conditions continued recognition of TJ as a Governor’s School on changes to the school’s administration.

Just don't look at how rural governors schools operate. If you think TJ admission lacks merit now, what happens if FCPS decides to emulate Shenandoah Valley or SWVA?

All part of the GOP/Youngkin’s plan to destroy public schools.

They want TJ to fail.

It wasn’t the GOP or Youngkin who replaced TJ’s merit-based admissions process with pork barrel geographic quotas. TJ isn’t going to fail, but it no longer has a clear purpose other than to serve as an alternative for above-average kids who’d otherwise be stuck at low-performing high schools like Justice, Lewis and Mount Vernon.

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Anonymous wrote:It now appears there will be a state investigation of what happened at TJ with respect to the untimely notification to students of their commended status. Wouldn’t be surprised if the VDOE conditions continued recognition of TJ as a Governor’s School on changes to the school’s administration.

Just don't look at how rural governors schools operate. If you think TJ admission lacks merit now, what happens if FCPS decides to emulate Shenandoah Valley or SWVA?

All part of the GOP/Youngkin’s plan to destroy public schools.

They want TJ to fail.

It wasn’t the GOP or Youngkin who replaced TJ’s merit-based admissions process with pork barrel geographic quotas. TJ isn’t going to fail, but it no longer has a clear purpose other than to serve as an alternative for above-average kids who’d otherwise be stuck at low-performing high schools like Justice, Lewis and Mount Vernon.

All this anger over a school serving every pyramid

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It now appears there will be a state investigation of what happened at TJ with respect to the untimely notification to students of their commended status. Wouldn’t be surprised if the VDOE conditions continued recognition of TJ as a Governor’s School on changes to the school’s administration.

Just don't look at how rural governors schools operate. If you think TJ admission lacks merit now, what happens if FCPS decides to emulate Shenandoah Valley or SWVA?

All part of the GOP/Youngkin’s plan to destroy public schools.

They want TJ to fail.

It wasn’t the GOP or Youngkin who replaced TJ’s merit-based admissions process with pork barrel geographic quotas. TJ isn’t going to fail, but it no longer has a clear purpose other than to serve as an alternative for above-average kids who’d otherwise be stuck at low-performing high schools like Justice, Lewis and Mount Vernon.

All this anger over a school serving every pyramid

God forbid the poors have access to TJ.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It now appears there will be a state investigation of what happened at TJ with respect to the untimely notification to students of their commended status. Wouldn’t be surprised if the VDOE conditions continued recognition of TJ as a Governor’s School on changes to the school’s administration.

Just don't look at how rural governors schools operate. If you think TJ admission lacks merit now, what happens if FCPS decides to emulate Shenandoah Valley or SWVA?

All part of the GOP/Youngkin’s plan to destroy public schools.

They want TJ to fail.

It wasn’t the GOP or Youngkin who replaced TJ’s merit-based admissions process with pork barrel geographic quotas. TJ isn’t going to fail, but it no longer has a clear purpose other than to serve as an alternative for above-average kids who’d otherwise be stuck at low-performing high schools like Justice, Lewis and Mount Vernon.

All this anger over a school serving every pyramid

It already was but you people demanded quotas instead. And now it’s led by people who want “equal outcomes” for all students, which turns the notion of TJ on its head.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It now appears there will be a state investigation of what happened at TJ with respect to the untimely notification to students of their commended status. Wouldn’t be surprised if the VDOE conditions continued recognition of TJ as a Governor’s School on changes to the school’s administration.

Just don't look at how rural governors schools operate. If you think TJ admission lacks merit now, what happens if FCPS decides to emulate Shenandoah Valley or SWVA?

All part of the GOP/Youngkin’s plan to destroy public schools.

They want TJ to fail.

It wasn’t the GOP or Youngkin who replaced TJ’s merit-based admissions process with pork barrel geographic quotas. TJ isn’t going to fail, but it no longer has a clear purpose other than to serve as an alternative for above-average kids who’d otherwise be stuck at low-performing high schools like Justice, Lewis and Mount Vernon.

Fairfax County needs to close TJ. A lot of the students who hijacked this school came from outside the county and aren't even taxpayers. When the kids are out of TJ, they leave the county and the taxpayers holding the bag. I am so sick of it.

[Anonymous]

There should be a rule that the family has to have lived in the county and paid taxes for at least 5 years before applying to TJ. That would help fix the problem.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It now appears there will be a state investigation of what happened at TJ with respect to the untimely notification to students of their commended status. Wouldn’t be surprised if the VDOE conditions continued recognition of TJ as a Governor’s School on changes to the school’s administration.

Just don't look at how rural governors schools operate. If you think TJ admission lacks merit now, what happens if FCPS decides to emulate Shenandoah Valley or SWVA?

All part of the GOP/Youngkin’s plan to destroy public schools.

They want TJ to fail.

Exactly Youngkin and the GOP want to suck the public tax money from the schools and give them to private religious schools. That's what's coming and TJ is going away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There should be a rule that the family has to have lived in the county and paid taxes for at least 5 years before applying to TJ. That would help fix the problem.

Fairfax county is a very transient population due to military. You really want to deny a TJ education to a child based on the fact that their parent served their country?