APS - Bye TJ

[Anonymous]

I have mixed feelings, as maybe APS would do better standing up it’s own magnet program? But sign of the times.

https://www.tjtoday.org/31996/uncategorized/arlington-students-access-to-jefferson-once-again-in-jeopardy/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have mixed feelings, as maybe APS would do better standing up it’s own magnet program? But sign of the times.

https://www.tjtoday.org/31996/uncategorized/arlington-students-access-to-jefferson-once-again-in-jeopardy/

There is no possible way that APS can stand up a similar magnet program-- they don't have the staff talent or the budget to do that.

[Anonymous]

This must be the triennial cycle to put TJ on the chopping block.

Having said that, if people want to send their kids to another county's school, I say move to that county. TJ is an entitlement. We do not have to support this.

[Anonymous]

It’s in keeping with the general dumbing down of society. People of means are going to flock more and more to private institutions as tracking and admission to high caliber schools like TJ are done away with in the name of equity and budget reprioritization. It would be a perfect time to open a private STEM academy in the DC area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s in keeping with the general dumbing down of society. People of means are going to flock more and more to private institutions as tracking and admission to high caliber schools like TJ are done away with in the name of equity and budget reprioritization. It would be a perfect time to open a private STEM academy in the DC area.

lol. I doubt many TJ students would have families willing to pay to tuition that it would take to replicate TJ

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s in keeping with the general dumbing down of society. People of means are going to flock more and more to private institutions as tracking and admission to high caliber schools like TJ are done away with in the name of equity and budget reprioritization. It would be a perfect time to open a private STEM academy in the DC area.

lol. I doubt many TJ students would have families willing to pay to tuition that it would take to replicate TJ

And? There are hundreds of other families in the DC area that would, especially as tracking and advanced math goes by the wayside.

[Anonymous]

^^it's obvious you have a poor assessment of the NoVa public schools. I know plenty of kids in Arlington who are stellar students doing great things in the public schools. A few even got rejected by TJ yet still stayed the course in public.

I know of one or two families that moved to FFX co so their kid could go to a feeder school to TJ. In one case it worked out. The others continued on at their neighborhood high school.

Arlington won't suffer if TJ goes away as an option for its kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s in keeping with the general dumbing down of society. People of means are going to flock more and more to private institutions as tracking and admission to high caliber schools like TJ are done away with in the name of equity and budget reprioritization. It would be a perfect time to open a private STEM academy in the DC area.

lol. I doubt many TJ students would have families willing to pay to tuition that it would take to replicate TJ

And? There are hundreds of other families in the DC area that would, especially as tracking and advanced math goes by the wayside.

can those families underwrite the TJ experience? The facilities and faculty would have to resemble one of the elite privates to replicate TJ- how many TJ families can afford 50k a year for high school? How about the additional money to found the school, since the 50k is just the cost to keep it going

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This must be the triennial cycle to put TJ on the chopping block.

Having said that, if people want to send their kids to another county's school, I say move to that county. TJ is an entitlement. We do not have to support this.

Not accurate to describe this simply as "another county's school." It's a governor's school that is subsidized with state funding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This must be the triennial cycle to put TJ on the chopping block.

Having said that, if people want to send their kids to another county's school, I say move to that county. TJ is an entitlement. We do not have to support this.

Not accurate to describe this simply as "another county's school." It's a governor's school that is subsidized with state funding.

These numbers don't make sense. Let's say APS sends 100 kids to TJ across all four grades. The alleged savings by cutting TJ is $290,000. Are we supposed to believe it costs $29,000 more per student to have them serviced in a Fairfax school vs. an Arlington school? According to APS's own website, the cost per student to attend an Arlington school is $19,000. Are we supposed to believe that Arlington is paying TJ $48,000 per student to attend (thus costing the county $29,000 more per student to send them). I call BS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This must be the triennial cycle to put TJ on the chopping block.

Having said that, if people want to send their kids to another county's school, I say move to that county. TJ is an entitlement. We do not have to support this.

Not accurate to describe this simply as "another county's school." It's a governor's school that is subsidized with state funding.

These numbers don't make sense. Let's say APS sends 100 kids to TJ across all four grades. The alleged savings by cutting TJ is $290,000. Are we supposed to believe it costs $29,000 more per student to have them serviced in a Fairfax school vs. an Arlington school? According to APS's own website, the cost per student to attend an Arlington school is $19,000. Are we supposed to believe that Arlington is paying TJ $48,000 per student to attend (thus costing the county $29,000 more per student to send them). I call BS.

It may be that the incremental cost of a single student remaining in ACPS is not very much and is offset by state money. An ACPS students in TJ, on the other hand is an expense

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This must be the triennial cycle to put TJ on the chopping block.

Having said that, if people want to send their kids to another county's school, I say move to that county. TJ is an entitlement. We do not have to support this.

Not accurate to describe this simply as "another county's school." It's a governor's school that is subsidized with state funding.

These numbers don't make sense. Let's say APS sends 100 kids to TJ across all four grades. The alleged savings by cutting TJ is $290,000. Are we supposed to believe it costs $29,000 more per student to have them serviced in a Fairfax school vs. an Arlington school? According to APS's own website, the cost per student to attend an Arlington school is $19,000. Are we supposed to believe that Arlington is paying TJ $48,000 per student to attend (thus costing the county $29,000 more per student to send them). I call BS.

It may be that the incremental cost of a single student remaining in ACPS is not very much and is offset by state money. An ACPS students in TJ, on the other hand is an expense

Oh, no no no: I think you mean APS.
ACPS will not allow its students the opportunity to go to TJ. The city prefers to force every student who wishes a public education to attend one high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This must be the triennial cycle to put TJ on the chopping block.

Having said that, if people want to send their kids to another county's school, I say move to that county. TJ is an entitlement. We do not have to support this.

Not accurate to describe this simply as "another county's school." It's a governor's school that is subsidized with state funding.

These numbers don't make sense. Let's say APS sends 100 kids to TJ across all four grades. The alleged savings by cutting TJ is $290,000. Are we supposed to believe it costs $29,000 more per student to have them serviced in a Fairfax school vs. an Arlington school? According to APS's own website, the cost per student to attend an Arlington school is $19,000. Are we supposed to believe that Arlington is paying TJ $48,000 per student to attend (thus costing the county $29,000 more per student to send them). I call BS.

It may be that the incremental cost of a single student remaining in ACPS is not very much and is offset by state money. An ACPS students in TJ, on the other hand is an expense

In 2019, the proposed cutting the cost of transportation to TJ for APS students. The savings for dropping county paid transportation was $140,000. So $290,000 above costs for attending APS seems pretty accurate.

[Anonymous]

Let me get this straight. The year TJ revamps admissions to open the doors to more URMs, is the year APS decides to stop sending students. That is a little suspicious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let me get this straight. The year TJ revamps admissions to open the doors to more URMs, is the year APS decides to stop sending students. That is a little suspicious.

Only if you have literally never paid attention to a budget cycle until this precise moment.