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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The actual answer to the question is that TJ, as a governor’s school, gets a financial supplement from the state per kid to offset the extra costs associated with educating a kid at TJ. And the state legislature sets the number of kids they are willing to pay a supplement for. Last time I checked, TJ still accepted more kids than the state reimburses for, and FCPS eats the added cost. To add even more kids above that, you need a bigger TJ budget.

Plus, even with the renovation, they only have so much space for the TJ specific mandatory classes, like Design Tech and Senior labs. And research labs and design tech are not classes you can safely or effectively add extra students to. History?  Yes. Specialized microelectronics research?  Not so much.

But I have a feeling Op was not looking for an actual answer.
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I’m interested in the uptick in TJ is the root of all evil posts in February. Usually there is a spate of these posts after decisions are released in April. Were there an unusually large number of surprising first round cuts this year  pwith the new test?  Or do parents have the sense their kid bombed the SiS? [/b] [/quote]

The current 8th grade class is the same bloated AAP year group that had the big test cheating scandal resulting in crazy amounts of kids being selected for AAP.

I am sure there is some correlation with what you are observing.  Maybe you are hearing from people who just realized how much more difficult it is to cheat into TJ?[/quote]

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