Did TJ release the stats of admission by middle school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The School Board has been a disaster over the past four years, but most people don't pay attention and tend to vote a party line. Then they wonder why their schools are kind of a mess and/or their kids aren't getting as rigorous an education as they'd hoped, but then tend to either suck it up or pull their kids out of FCPS.

Realistically, the real pressure on the School Board will come eventually from the Board of Supervisors. They are also mostly from the same party and can see that the School Board is flailing. To some extent, they don't want to get involved with FCPS matters, because then it becomes their mess as well, but some know that FCPS was once a big draw for the county and that's no longer the case.

We need a Republican Party in Fairfax County that is serious about the business of governing. We're long past being able to have that across the country, but there are enough sensible conservatives in Northern Virginia that we should end up with better candidates than Harry Jackson and Debbie Tisler and Saundra Davis. The Fairfax County GOP - at least based on their Twitter account and their endorsements - seems to be obsessed with being as Trumpy as possible when that tack has been proven repeatedly to be unsuccessful in this area. Fairfax County is not a place to appeal to the lowest common denominator and we should demand better.

+1 I want nothing more than to vote for a conservative option, but the option for my district sounds Trumpy. At least some of the at large choices are a little better. All I want is a moderate candidate who conducts themselves like a professional and decent human being.

[Anonymous]

There's a tremendous amount of gaslighting by the local Democrats.

You might not like the tremendous learning loss due to the all-D School Board keeping schools closed so long...but the alternative is "too Trumpy."

You might not like the rushed nature of the TJ admissions changes, and the strong undercurrent of anti-Asian bias on the part of the all-D School Board...but the alternative is "too Trumpy."

You might not like the disproportionate amount of time spent by the all-D School Board focusing on the needs of just a few communities...but the alternative must be an adjunct to the "Moms of Liberty."

You might be appalled by the neglect of facilities and the decades-long overcrowding that's gone unaddressed by the all-D School Board at some schools...but the alternative must be one step away from January 6th protesters.

You might be disappointed with the continued drop in SAT scores at almost all FCPS high schools during the tenure of the all-D school Board...but the alternative "hates" the LBGTQ community.

And so on.

It's so transparent: you must not only accept, but support, the status quo (with its constant focus on "equity," whatever that is deemed to mean at the moment, and increasing lack of transparency), or you're a bad person who either wants Trump back in the White House or a return to the Dark Ages.

I call BS. People just want a well-managed public school system that focuses on academics, and recognizes and rewards merit, again.

[Anonymous]

Can someone explain how a race-blind process that picks 50% of the seats based on the top 1.5% at each school and 50% of the top kids' in general discriminates by race?

I don't see it and was hoping someone could make their case clearly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's a tremendous amount of gaslighting by the local Democrats.

You might not like the tremendous learning loss due to the all-D School Board keeping schools closed so long...but the alternative is "too Trumpy."

You might not like the rushed nature of the TJ admissions changes, and the strong undercurrent of anti-Asian bias on the part of the all-D School Board...but the alternative is "too Trumpy."

You might not like the disproportionate amount of time spent by the all-D School Board focusing on the needs of just a few communities...but the alternative must be an adjunct to the "Moms of Liberty."

You might be appalled by the neglect of facilities and the decades-long overcrowding that's gone unaddressed by the all-D School Board at some schools...but the alternative must be one step away from January 6th protesters.

You might be disappointed with the continued drop in SAT scores at almost all FCPS high schools during the tenure of the all-D school Board...but the alternative "hates" the LBGTQ community.

And so on.

It's so transparent: you must not only accept, but support, the status quo (with its constant focus on "equity," whatever that is deemed to mean at the moment, and increasing lack of transparency), or you're a bad person who either wants Trump back in the White House or a return to the Dark Ages.

I call BS. People just want a well-managed public school system that focuses on academics, and recognizes and rewards merit, again.

It recognizes rewards and merit now. Previously it recognized those who could afford to buy the test answers which is the opposite of merit.

[Anonymous]

A system in which the highest-achieving kids, often Asian, are encouraged to attend various MS AAP centers, only for the same quotas to apply to all middle schools, is not one that rewards merit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a tremendous amount of gaslighting by the local Democrats.

You might not like the tremendous learning loss due to the all-D School Board keeping schools closed so long...but the alternative is "too Trumpy."

You might not like the rushed nature of the TJ admissions changes, and the strong undercurrent of anti-Asian bias on the part of the all-D School Board...but the alternative is "too Trumpy."

You might not like the disproportionate amount of time spent by the all-D School Board focusing on the needs of just a few communities...but the alternative must be an adjunct to the "Moms of Liberty."

You might be appalled by the neglect of facilities and the decades-long overcrowding that's gone unaddressed by the all-D School Board at some schools...but the alternative must be one step away from January 6th protesters.

You might be disappointed with the continued drop in SAT scores at almost all FCPS high schools during the tenure of the all-D school Board...but the alternative "hates" the LBGTQ community.

And so on.

It's so transparent: you must not only accept, but support, the status quo (with its constant focus on "equity," whatever that is deemed to mean at the moment, and increasing lack of transparency), or you're a bad person who either wants Trump back in the White House or a return to the Dark Ages.

I call BS. People just want a well-managed public school system that focuses on academics, and recognizes and rewards merit, again.

It recognizes rewards and merit now. Previously it recognized those who could afford to buy the test answers which is the opposite of merit.

Unfortunately the SOL scores don’t show that the merit was accurately represented during admissions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a tremendous amount of gaslighting by the local Democrats.

You might not like the tremendous learning loss due to the all-D School Board keeping schools closed so long...but the alternative is "too Trumpy."

You might not like the rushed nature of the TJ admissions changes, and the strong undercurrent of anti-Asian bias on the part of the all-D School Board...but the alternative is "too Trumpy."

You might not like the disproportionate amount of time spent by the all-D School Board focusing on the needs of just a few communities...but the alternative must be an adjunct to the "Moms of Liberty."

You might be appalled by the neglect of facilities and the decades-long overcrowding that's gone unaddressed by the all-D School Board at some schools...but the alternative must be one step away from January 6th protesters.

You might be disappointed with the continued drop in SAT scores at almost all FCPS high schools during the tenure of the all-D school Board...but the alternative "hates" the LBGTQ community.

And so on.

It's so transparent: you must not only accept, but support, the status quo (with its constant focus on "equity," whatever that is deemed to mean at the moment, and increasing lack of transparency), or you're a bad person who either wants Trump back in the White House or a return to the Dark Ages.

I call BS. People just want a well-managed public school system that focuses on academics, and recognizes and rewards merit, again.

It recognizes rewards and merit now. Previously it recognized those who could afford to buy the test answers which is the opposite of merit.

Unfortunately the SOL scores don’t show that the merit was accurately represented during admissions.

Uh-oh. You are asking for too much. No objective test, STEM competitions, current school grades, rigor, drop-out rates etc. etc. please !!!. We only want to consider the TJ admission essay's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A system in which the highest-achieving kids, often Asian, are encouraged to attend various MS AAP centers, only for the same quotas to apply to all middle schools, is not one that rewards merit.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's a tremendous amount of gaslighting by the local Democrats.

You might not like the tremendous learning loss due to the all-D School Board keeping schools closed so long...but the alternative is "too Trumpy."

You might not like the rushed nature of the TJ admissions changes, and the strong undercurrent of anti-Asian bias on the part of the all-D School Board...but the alternative is "too Trumpy."

You might not like the disproportionate amount of time spent by the all-D School Board focusing on the needs of just a few communities...but the alternative must be an adjunct to the "Moms of Liberty."

You might be appalled by the neglect of facilities and the decades-long overcrowding that's gone unaddressed by the all-D School Board at some schools...but the alternative must be one step away from January 6th protesters.

You might be disappointed with the continued drop in SAT scores at almost all FCPS high schools during the tenure of the all-D school Board...but the alternative "hates" the LBGTQ community.

And so on.

It's so transparent: you must not only accept, but support, the status quo (with its constant focus on "equity," whatever that is deemed to mean at the moment, and increasing lack of transparency), or you're a bad person who either wants Trump back in the White House or a return to the Dark Ages.

I call BS. People just want a well-managed public school system that focuses on academics, and recognizes and rewards merit, again.

It’s great to have a “well-managed public school system that focuses on academics, and recognizes and rewards merit,” but it’s a problem if the people at the top are motivated by hatred of others.

Or are you someone who would be perfectly happy living in a country where “the trains run on time,” no matter what kind of people are making that happen?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a tremendous amount of gaslighting by the local Democrats.

You might not like the tremendous learning loss due to the all-D School Board keeping schools closed so long...but the alternative is "too Trumpy."

You might not like the rushed nature of the TJ admissions changes, and the strong undercurrent of anti-Asian bias on the part of the all-D School Board...but the alternative is "too Trumpy."

You might not like the disproportionate amount of time spent by the all-D School Board focusing on the needs of just a few communities...but the alternative must be an adjunct to the "Moms of Liberty."

You might be appalled by the neglect of facilities and the decades-long overcrowding that's gone unaddressed by the all-D School Board at some schools...but the alternative must be one step away from January 6th protesters.

You might be disappointed with the continued drop in SAT scores at almost all FCPS high schools during the tenure of the all-D school Board...but the alternative "hates" the LBGTQ community.

And so on.

It's so transparent: you must not only accept, but support, the status quo (with its constant focus on "equity," whatever that is deemed to mean at the moment, and increasing lack of transparency), or you're a bad person who either wants Trump back in the White House or a return to the Dark Ages.

I call BS. People just want a well-managed public school system that focuses on academics, and recognizes and rewards merit, again.

It’s great to have a “well-managed public school system that focuses on academics, and recognizes and rewards merit,” but it’s a problem if the people at the top are motivated by hatred of others.

Or are you someone who would be perfectly happy living in a country where “the trains run on time,” no matter what kind of people are making that happen?

Are you perfectly happy with leaders who "loves everyone" no matter how much everyone starves under their incompetent leadership?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a tremendous amount of gaslighting by the local Democrats.

You might not like the tremendous learning loss due to the all-D School Board keeping schools closed so long...but the alternative is "too Trumpy."

You might not like the rushed nature of the TJ admissions changes, and the strong undercurrent of anti-Asian bias on the part of the all-D School Board...but the alternative is "too Trumpy."

You might not like the disproportionate amount of time spent by the all-D School Board focusing on the needs of just a few communities...but the alternative must be an adjunct to the "Moms of Liberty."

You might be appalled by the neglect of facilities and the decades-long overcrowding that's gone unaddressed by the all-D School Board at some schools...but the alternative must be one step away from January 6th protesters.

You might be disappointed with the continued drop in SAT scores at almost all FCPS high schools during the tenure of the all-D school Board...but the alternative "hates" the LBGTQ community.

And so on.

It's so transparent: you must not only accept, but support, the status quo (with its constant focus on "equity," whatever that is deemed to mean at the moment, and increasing lack of transparency), or you're a bad person who either wants Trump back in the White House or a return to the Dark Ages.

I call BS. People just want a well-managed public school system that focuses on academics, and recognizes and rewards merit, again.

It recognizes rewards and merit now. Previously it recognized those who could afford to buy the test answers which is the opposite of merit.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain how a race-blind process that picks 50% of the seats based on the top 1.5% at each school and 50% of the top kids' in general discriminates by race?

I don't see it and was hoping someone could make their case clearly.

People prefer to make these imaginary claims that they know can't be backed up with facts or reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a tremendous amount of gaslighting by the local Democrats.

You might not like the tremendous learning loss due to the all-D School Board keeping schools closed so long...but the alternative is "too Trumpy."

You might not like the rushed nature of the TJ admissions changes, and the strong undercurrent of anti-Asian bias on the part of the all-D School Board...but the alternative is "too Trumpy."

You might not like the disproportionate amount of time spent by the all-D School Board focusing on the needs of just a few communities...but the alternative must be an adjunct to the "Moms of Liberty."

You might be appalled by the neglect of facilities and the decades-long overcrowding that's gone unaddressed by the all-D School Board at some schools...but the alternative must be one step away from January 6th protesters.

You might be disappointed with the continued drop in SAT scores at almost all FCPS high schools during the tenure of the all-D school Board...but the alternative "hates" the LBGTQ community.

And so on.

It's so transparent: you must not only accept, but support, the status quo (with its constant focus on "equity," whatever that is deemed to mean at the moment, and increasing lack of transparency), or you're a bad person who either wants Trump back in the White House or a return to the Dark Ages.

I call BS. People just want a well-managed public school system that focuses on academics, and recognizes and rewards merit, again.

It recognizes rewards and merit now. Previously it recognized those who could afford to buy the test answers which is the opposite of merit.

+1

A lot of people say the bolded statement without any data backing the statement. Case of sour grapes ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a tremendous amount of gaslighting by the local Democrats.

You might not like the tremendous learning loss due to the all-D School Board keeping schools closed so long...but the alternative is "too Trumpy."

You might not like the rushed nature of the TJ admissions changes, and the strong undercurrent of anti-Asian bias on the part of the all-D School Board...but the alternative is "too Trumpy."

You might not like the disproportionate amount of time spent by the all-D School Board focusing on the needs of just a few communities...but the alternative must be an adjunct to the "Moms of Liberty."

You might be appalled by the neglect of facilities and the decades-long overcrowding that's gone unaddressed by the all-D School Board at some schools...but the alternative must be one step away from January 6th protesters.

You might be disappointed with the continued drop in SAT scores at almost all FCPS high schools during the tenure of the all-D school Board...but the alternative "hates" the LBGTQ community.

And so on.

It's so transparent: you must not only accept, but support, the status quo (with its constant focus on "equity," whatever that is deemed to mean at the moment, and increasing lack of transparency), or you're a bad person who either wants Trump back in the White House or a return to the Dark Ages.

I call BS. People just want a well-managed public school system that focuses on academics, and recognizes and rewards merit, again.

It’s great to have a “well-managed public school system that focuses on academics, and recognizes and rewards merit,” but it’s a problem if the people at the top are motivated by hatred of others.

Or are you someone who would be perfectly happy living in a country where “the trains run on time,” no matter what kind of people are making that happen?

I'm not aware of anyone who stands to be in a position of being a "person at the top" who is motivated by hatred of others, with the possible exception of Abrar Omeish, whose tenure on the School Board has been characterized by repeated statements that were virulently anti-Israel (and possibly anti-Semitic as well) and Ricardy Anderson, whose resentment of families sending their kids to more affluent middle schools than those in her district often seems to border on flat-out hatred.

It would indeed be a problem if people at the top of FCPS were motivated by hatred. It is also a problem when they are motivated by resentment or, to allude to your comment about "keeping the trains running on time," fail to attend to their basic responsibilities because they are so consumed with constantly reassuring certain groups (though certainly not everyone) that they are loved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS under Michelle Reid views transparency as getting in the way of equity. So FCPS is no longer disclosing (at least not on a timely basis) data that used to be disclosed every year, such as:

- SAT scores by school (school-wide or disaggregated by race/ethnicity);
- Admissions to TJ by middle school; and
- Racial/ethnic data for individual schools

Instead, we should all pretend every school is the same, where all outcomes will be the same, and that no data can be shared without "contextualizing" it so that the stupid FCPS parents understand how exactly Reid and her staff want everyone to interpret it.

They need to be spanked by the SCOTUS very soon.

+1