Number of Applicants for TJ this year ?

[Anonymous]

Let's bus poor kids to Langley.

[Anonymous]

No. This is about increasing Black and Hispanic enrollment at TJ. That is why they changed GT to AAP. Again, look at who is pushing to change TJ-- hint: it's not white people, except for SB members who are all social justice warriors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It only requires two points of comparison with TJ to see that this whole exercise is less about improving Black and Hispanic enrollment and more about improving White enrollment:

The first is a public school some 15 or so miles away from TJ - Langley High School, ranked 2nd in Virginia, where exactly 1.96% of the student body is Black. New building, well supplied labs and clubs, and the zoning here is such that adjoining Mclean High School (with a significantly higher black and hispanic enrollment) is overcrowded. This is the definition of systemic racism (exacerbated by zoning and redlining) leading to disparate educational outcomes. Why is there no outrage about this? That's because it isn't Asians taking seats away from Whites is it?

Well, Langley High School isn't a Governor's school like TJ, so let's look at one:
Maggie Walker High School is a governor's school. It's also named after the first black woman to own a bank in the US. No Black or Hispanic students from Hanover have gotten into the Maggie Walker Governor’s School since at least 2015, according to data sent from the county school system. Maggie Walker had only nine Hispanic students during the 2019-2020 school year. In Richmond Public Schools, a district made primarily of Black students and an ever-growing Latino population, 30 out of the 39 students selected to attend the governor’s school in the 2019-20 school year were white. This isn't because of a lack of black applicants - 53% of applicants from Richmond public schools to Maggie Walker were black. Why is there no outrage? Well that's because 72% of its enrollment is White.

There is outrage at Maggie Walker and Qarni is working on a new proposal for them too. Nice try.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. This is about increasing Black and Hispanic enrollment at TJ. That is why they changed GT to AAP. Again, look at who is pushing to change TJ-- hint: it's not white people, except for SB members who are all social justice warriors.

They have never suggested changing admissions to a lottery and eliminating merit before. Only now that white applicants are declining.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No. This is about increasing Black and Hispanic enrollment at TJ. That is why they changed GT to AAP. Again, look at who is pushing to change TJ-- hint: it's not white people, except for SB members who are all social justice warriors.

They have never suggested changing admissions to a lottery and eliminating merit before. Only now that white applicants are declining.

Nice deflection. But, you know that is not why.

Go watch the work session. Braband is focused on minorities--right now (4:17 p.m.)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No. This is about increasing Black and Hispanic enrollment at TJ. That is why they changed GT to AAP. Again, look at who is pushing to change TJ-- hint: it's not white people, except for SB members who are all social justice warriors.

They have never suggested changing admissions to a lottery and eliminating merit before. Only now that white applicants are declining.

Interesting conspiracy theory- white kids aren’t as interested in TJ so the school needs more black and Hispanic kids to attract the white kids, somehow. Novel theory, the presence of black kids and Hispanic kids isn’t usually thought to attract white kids, but I sure you’ve thought this through

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It only requires two points of comparison with TJ to see that this whole exercise is less about improving Black and Hispanic enrollment and more about improving White enrollment:

The first is a public school some 15 or so miles away from TJ - Langley High School, ranked 2nd in Virginia, where exactly 1.96% of the student body is Black. New building, well supplied labs and clubs, and the zoning here is such that adjoining Mclean High School (with a significantly higher black and hispanic enrollment) is overcrowded. This is the definition of systemic racism (exacerbated by zoning and redlining) leading to disparate educational outcomes. Why is there no outrage about this? That's because it isn't Asians taking seats away from Whites is it?

Well, Langley High School isn't a Governor's school like TJ, so let's look at one:
Maggie Walker High School is a governor's school. It's also named after the first black woman to own a bank in the US. No Black or Hispanic students from Hanover have gotten into the Maggie Walker Governor’s School since at least 2015, according to data sent from the county school system. Maggie Walker had only nine Hispanic students during the 2019-2020 school year. In Richmond Public Schools, a district made primarily of Black students and an ever-growing Latino population, 30 out of the 39 students selected to attend the governor’s school in the 2019-20 school year were white. This isn't because of a lack of black applicants - 53% of applicants from Richmond public schools to Maggie Walker were black. Why is there no outrage? Well that's because 72% of its enrollment is White.

Haha.. as long as white privilege is not threatened, there will not be any uproar! However we spin it, asians are set to lose big in the TJ lottery while everyone else will set to gain. More importantly, some of the truly deserving kids may also be at a loss. Well, thats the cost of diversity. Lottery system and quotas is the worst possible way to handle the diversity problem.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No. This is about increasing Black and Hispanic enrollment at TJ. That is why they changed GT to AAP. Again, look at who is pushing to change TJ-- hint: it's not white people, except for SB members who are all social justice warriors.

They have never suggested changing admissions to a lottery and eliminating merit before. Only now that white applicants are declining.

At no point has anyone at FCPS ever suggested eliminating merit.

[Anonymous]

A minimum MS gpa is not particularly hard let alone merit nor is it uniform among schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. This is about increasing Black and Hispanic enrollment at TJ. That is why they changed GT to AAP. Again, look at who is pushing to change TJ-- hint: it's not white people, except for SB members who are all social justice warriors.

They have never suggested changing admissions to a lottery and eliminating merit before. Only now that white applicants are declining.

Interesting conspiracy theory- white kids aren’t as interested in TJ so the school needs more black and Hispanic kids to attract the white kids, somehow. Novel theory, the presence of black kids and Hispanic kids isn’t usually thought to attract white kids, but I sure you’ve thought this through

You are so dense. Removing the challenging entrance metrics means all applicants have an equal shot, so more white kids will get in, too. Look at the proposal pie chart and you will see the huge increase in white kids by a lottery.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No. This is about increasing Black and Hispanic enrollment at TJ. That is why they changed GT to AAP. Again, look at who is pushing to change TJ-- hint: it's not white people, except for SB members who are all social justice warriors.

They have never suggested changing admissions to a lottery and eliminating merit before. Only now that white applicants are declining.

Interesting conspiracy theory- white kids aren’t as interested in TJ so the school needs more black and Hispanic kids to attract the white kids, somehow. Novel theory, the presence of black kids and Hispanic kids isn’t usually thought to attract white kids, but I sure you’ve thought this through

You are so dense. Removing the challenging entrance metrics means all applicants have an equal shot, so more white kids will get in, too. Look at the proposal pie chart and you will see the huge increase in white kids by a lottery.

Suggest you look at the way the middle schools are divided.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No. This is about increasing Black and Hispanic enrollment at TJ. That is why they changed GT to AAP. Again, look at who is pushing to change TJ-- hint: it's not white people, except for SB members who are all social justice warriors.

They have never suggested changing admissions to a lottery and eliminating merit before. Only now that white applicants are declining.

Interesting conspiracy theory- white kids aren’t as interested in TJ so the school needs more black and Hispanic kids to attract the white kids, somehow. Novel theory, the presence of black kids and Hispanic kids isn’t usually thought to attract white kids, but I sure you’ve thought this through

You are so dense. Removing the challenging entrance metrics means all applicants have an equal shot, so more white kids will get in, too. Look at the proposal pie chart and you will see the huge increase in white kids by a lottery.

Subtext: Asian students are inherently better because the metrics that they currently use are the only ones that could possibly matter

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't see anything in the lottery approach that discriminates against Asian kids in a manner that would support an equal protection argument. It may not favor them as much.

Look at the pie chart from the proposal and see the huge reduction in Asian American students and increase in all the rest (other than more than one race which is usually half Asian) including white students and you will see what the intended outcome of this proposal is. It is clearly designed to reduce the Asian American population and affirm the anti-Asian sentiment you see all over this board.

Stop playing the victim. It is designed to promote a student body that is more representative of the student population in Fairfax County and other participating jurisdictions.

If so, we should do the same for all programs under the fcps not just TJ. Sport teams, student government, PTA, teachers, school administrators etc. etc.

You can always run for the School Board or the State Senate if you think this is a winning platform.

[Anonymous]

Look at page 18 of the proposal and you will see the projected increase in white students.

[Anonymous]

If you are not OK with the move away from merit based admissions at TJ, please sign this petition..

https://www.change.org/p/ralph-s-northam-keep-merit-based-admissions-at-tjhsst?