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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not in Fairfax county but that seems to defeat the purpose of PUBLIC education.[/quote]

TJ defeats the purpose of public education. It gets way more money per pupil. The parents can pay $100 more for it. Or we can get rid of TJ.[/quote]

TJ does not get a lot more money per pupil from FCPS. It’s gets the exact same per pupil funding from the county. Slightly over $1000 per pupil governor’s school allotment from the state (other governors schools get this too). The  teachers get paid slightly more because they work 8th period. . And.... that’s it for extra public funds.

Now, TJ has a very strong alumni association (the TJ Partnership Fund)  that has raised 8 million dollars for things like lab equipment and all the extras associated with the renovation, and donates things like $100,000 to the marching band for necessary (and long overdue) equipment replacement this year.  And TJPF gets a lot of significant donations, like lab equipment, from corporations, and a lot of public-private partnership initiatives, like mentorships and internships.  So almost all of the extras— per pupil spending, internships and mentorships all over the DMV, updated, state of the art lab equipment, etc— come from private dollars, not public funds.

And BTW, TJPF also spends a lot of the money it raises on outreach to Mass and ESs.  A program with the Jack Kent Cook Foundation to increase minority enrollment, and a number of community based programs, Stembassadors, MS tutoring, etc.

https://www.tjpartnershipfund.org/outreach

And in addition to TJPF, there is band boosters, drama boosters, athletic boosters, academic teams boosters, crew boosters, orchestra boosters, etc., etc. — all raising money, and all soliciting donations from parents whose kids are involved, alums who were once involved, and local corporations.

Get your facts straight. [b]TJ spends more, but they raise that money themselves.[/b] [/quote]

I hope you can support this with facts. Can you provide supporting data?  [/quote]

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