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Court: TJ's New Admission Policy Does Not Discriminate
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Anonymous
Potentially. The problem for FCPS is that various important people were on record as saying the new admissions policy was explicitly to reduce the number of Asians. If they'd implemented school-based quotas with a nudge-nudge wink-wink, they'd likely be in the clear. |
Anonymous
The folks who are on record talking about this were referring to the Merit Lottery. Brabrand is on record talking about the policies' impacts in a fairly ham-handed and clumsy way, and the School Board members are on record talking about what a tone-deaf idiot he was and how stupid the Merit Lottery proposal was. Those same receipts do not exist with respect to the policy that was eventually adopted, a subtle but important point that the bad-faith actors at C4TJ conveniently gloss over. |
Anonymous
This is a really important point and changes the whole tone of the "tj papers". |
Anonymous
Weird, I read it was to address the rampant test buying and cheating that was going on with TJ admissions. |
Anonymous
Yes, I read about this when it was going on. I think this is being distorted to suit C4TJ's radical agenda. |
Anonymous
Absolutely Not! However, it would be an equal and fair application of public money. |
Anonymous
Yes, but it's mostly just fiction cooked up to sew grievance. |
Anonymous
Yes, this is the real reason they had to change admission. Just one of the prep centers who was offering test access for around 5 grand was also boasting in the paper that 30%+ of TJ's incoming class had attended their program. |
Anonymous
| Kumon sort of claims they offer TJ prep starting 1st Grade. They should ban Kumon and similar prep center students from applying to all public high schools not just TJ. |
Anonymous
???? |
Anonymous
What does this mean? To sew together a grievance? To patch up a problem between people? What is the point here? Who is it that is sewing and what are they sewing together? |
Anonymous
Well they know Asians were working the system with the test prep. I won’t say they were cheating. They just put more energy into the preparation than most other ethnicities on average and that resulted in them having higher numbers. The Blacks who are historically treated with prejudice, are still getting it. My son, who is Black and has lineage traced back to the slavery on the land now known as the United States, does not like the atmosphere in AAP. He chose to cross the bridge and attend Saint Albans, even after being accepted to TJ because of the division and stereotypes amongst kids. They adults have these divisive views, the jealousy, and hatred wanting to keep certain groups of people away from the great opportunity to of attending TJ and it trickles down to the kids. Things are becoming too cutthroat. Come on adults, let’s try to make it a more comfortable environment for the kids. |
Anonymous
Agree the rampant cheating forced them to change admissions. The rest is just a bunch of crazy talk by people who loved being able to game admissions. |
Anonymous
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Vomit. This whole page is what a bought-and-paid for agenda looks like.
Whether or not the current system is legally valid by technicality, it doesn't change the fact that the trigger for the change was "too many Asians." It doesn't change the fact that if people are worried about prepping, a heavily essay-based admissions process is easy to prep. It doesn't change the fact that some talented kids will find themselves with fewer legitimate ways to distinguish themselves. It doesn't change the fact that an across-the-board push away from merit will make it hard for kids to use merit as an defense mechanism against favoritism. Even if you do support the changes, the one-sidedness of this discussion is irrational and unhealthy. |
Anonymous
They never said that, and you know it. |