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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While I. Elieve that many people on this forum are racist towards Asians and afraid of Asians, there is nothing wrong with the government wanting to help all people. It is the government of people for the people, and if some group is left behind, the government has to self asses and figure out what went wrong.

Where FX county (and other participating counties) is failing, is in providing an inadequate preparation and transparency for passing the TJ test, while testing skills that they do not teach in school. Heck, they don't even publish that you can take Algebra in 6th, and not even all schools offer it. How do they except children from schools where this isn't offered to do well on the test? The answer is that they don't. It's because of this that they know that they have to make a change, because they are grossly neglecting certain county residents, who happen to live clustered together, and are collectively disadvantaged.

It is not the Asians' fault. They are taking their children's education in their hands and filling in where the county is failing. The point is, that whether intentionally or not, the county is failing to serve all of its residents.

It may be true that TJ may bring in a lot of tax revenue for FX county, but we live in a country where there is one person one vote, and theoretically you shouldn't be able to buy your way in, and the way TJ is currently set up, is that you can buy your way in so to speak. [/quote]

Or, it may not be true that TJHSST's presence brings in a lot of tax revenue.  I can think of many neighborhoods in the county where values would go up if the high schools were closer or less crowded.  TJ may giveth, but it also taketh away. [/quote]

I wasn't saying that it does. I was saying that it may be true, but it shouldn't matter, and if the county were doing things right, there shouldn't be a significant advantage because of SE status.

Also, almost all schools in the county are overcrowded. Property values are affected by school ratings and low income housing. [/quote]

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