FCPS plans to "reform" TJ?

[Anonymous]

Pat Hynes
@VotePatHynes
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Mar 20
Does sound like TJ. DiBlasio’s proposed solution for NY is to admit the top students from every middle school - geographic equality as a stand-in for equity. Might work. Look at SF’s experience with Lowell HS - geography-plus. FCPS will begin TJ reform plan this year.
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Has anyone been following this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pat Hynes
@VotePatHynes
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Mar 20
Does sound like TJ. DiBlasio’s proposed solution for NY is to admit the top students from every middle school - geographic equality as a stand-in for equity. Might work. Look at SF’s experience with Lowell HS - geography-plus. FCPS will begin TJ reform plan this year.
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Has anyone been following this?

No, but this is a terrible idea. It came up a few years ago and a bunch of parents said outright that they'll simply rent in less-desirable school middle school boundaries to increase their kids' chances if FCPS goes this route. FCPS is loathe to admit it, but they're well-aware that the county has a vested interest in not losing the TJ and AAP parents. I think they'll talk a big game but never follow through.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pat Hynes
@VotePatHynes
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Mar 20
Does sound like TJ. DiBlasio’s proposed solution for NY is to admit the top students from every middle school - geographic equality as a stand-in for equity. Might work. Look at SF’s experience with Lowell HS - geography-plus. FCPS will begin TJ reform plan this year.
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Has anyone been following this?

No, but this is a terrible idea. It came up a few years ago and a bunch of parents said outright that they'll simply rent in less-desirable school middle school boundaries to increase their kids' chances if FCPS goes this route. FCPS is loathe to admit it, but they're well-aware that the county has a vested interest in not losing the TJ and AAP parents. I think they'll talk a big game but never follow through.

Why would that be a bad thing, a reason against the idea?

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Hi from across the river. MoCo now adjusts ES magnet test in scores based on whether your home school is high, medium, or low SES. They might use level of Farms to determine this - not clear. Anyway, a 95th percentile nationally on Cogat would be 99+ from the low SES school, but the same 95th nationally from the high SES school would be low 80s percentile for purpose of ES magnet admission.
This is likely rolling out for MS magnets soon and eventually for HS magnets. Some high scoring families claim they are moving to the low SES schools to reap the scoring benefit.

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That's dumb. It won't diversify TJ. You'll still have lack of minorities and over representation of Asians / Whites.

[Anonymous]

Oh no, it’s more fear-mongering posts from the republicans running for SB!

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Anonymous wrote:That's dumb. It won't diversify TJ. You'll still have lack of minorities and over representation of Asians / Whites.

SES is a form of diversity too.

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Anonymous wrote:That's dumb. It won't diversify TJ. You'll still have lack of minorities and over representation of Asians / Whites.

SES is a form of diversity too.

I highly doubt it will. Again, you'll take the highest SES too. Test scores are the enemy not boundries.

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You will pry FCPS’s systemic racism from its cold, dead hand.

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MCPS is handicapping qualifying magnet scores? What? How is that legal?

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Mayor Bill and his schools chancellor are doing an amazing job. FCPS needs some changing.

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Anonymous wrote:You will pry FCPS’s systemic racism from its cold, dead hand.

So long as white moms roam the county, yes.

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Anonymous wrote:Hi from across the river. MoCo now adjusts ES magnet test in scores based on whether your home school is high, medium, or low SES. They might use level of Farms to determine this - not clear. Anyway, a 95th percentile nationally on Cogat would be 99+ from the low SES school, but the same 95th nationally from the high SES school would be low 80s percentile for purpose of ES magnet admission.
This is likely rolling out for MS magnets soon and eventually for HS magnets. Some high scoring families claim they are moving to the low SES schools to reap the scoring benefit.

MCPS already started doing that two years ago with the "peer cohort" criteria, and the "enriched" classes in the home MS. I think if some people do move, it's not a bad idea, but I highly doubt lots of people will move.

When MCPS made this change, the demographics in the MS magnet did shift, less Asians, way more white, and a tiny bit more URM.

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Anonymous wrote:You will pry FCPS’s systemic racism from its cold, dead hand.

I like you, PP. On point.

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Anonymous wrote:You will pry FCPS’s systemic racism from its cold, dead hand.

FCPS and TJ do loads of outreach and FCPS has the Young Scholars program. You can't blame everything on the school system.