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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here -- calm your accusatory tone.  I'm not suggesting this as a reason to keep it the way it is, but if the Board thinks this fixes the problem, it doesn't. If you think it does, you're blind and you want a quick fix to make yourself feel better.  Working class families where parents are working more than one job to make ends meet and taking long commutes themselves may see it as a major roadblock. It's FAR if you don't have a car. Assuming that all "poor kids" live around TJ is also ridiculous. The county is big.  And I was one of those immigrant kids in NYC going to a specialized HS with a 60+ minute commute each way. It is a different high school experience with a commute like that. Throw in potentially needing a job to help the family, and it can eliminate the option.  NYC also has a far more extensive public transportation network than Fairfax. Maybe it means they need to think of multiple options or do a survey of prospective families. Maybe the school needs to help create a serious incentive for car-pools, use of public busing options (a fairfax county bus may get them closer to home than being dropped at the local elementary school and allow them to stay after school). NYC public school kids get a free bus/train pass to use on public transportation), late bus options so kids can participate in after-school activities, etc. Just because you can get in, doesn't mean it's easy to attend.  Think outside the box a bit. [/quote]

Agreed.

What the board is saying is that they can’t URM to even apply and they are blaming prep centers and Asians for this.

But as an URM, if my kid can excel at his base school, I’m not going to force him to go to TJ is it means that I can login more hours at work to pay the bills. 
This isn’t AZ.

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