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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no doubt TJ Admissions need to be reset and diversity issues addressed ASAP.  But what was disappointing was the callous response from Dr Braband to the question of the lottery potentially excluding truly deserving students.  His response was essentially that everyone thinks their own kid is truly gifted and deserving of admission.  And not getting into TJ is “not the end of the world”.  Well if that is the case then what is the brouhaha all about?  And there are truly gifted kids (not necessarily mine) that will be left out.  It was sad to see an educator endorsing collateral damage.  The end should never justify the means especially when the platform is one of fairness and equity.  I was hoping they would consider some avenues for the truly gifted but the insouciance of the Superintendent on the issue was telling[/quote]

They just want to pander to blacks and screw over Asians. [/quote]

No, pander to whites through the guise of pandering to blacks, with the purpose of screwing over Asians.  [/quote]

I’m white but this is like, very obviously what’s afoot. How do people not get it? [/quote]

Can you explain this?  I am white.  I have kids in FCPS.  I would not really want them to go to TJ - too much stress, too far away, etc.  Honestly, I don't know any white parents who want to send their kids to TJ.

What does this have to do with white people?   I'm not arguing - I am literally trying to understand.  Thanks.[/quote]

Not this PP, but a DP who agrees. The reasoning is that African American, Hispanic, and other non-Asian minority group admissions have stayed stable over time. Asian admission have risen as white admissions have gone down. Why is it that the complaints didn't cause any real change before (except things like upping the number of admissions from 400 to 440), but now they are? It seems suspect.[/quote]

This doesn't really make sense to me.  It is clearly due to the BLM movement across the world.  The school board is now entirely made up of very liberal democrats and NOVA in general has become very liberal.
 
I don't really think this is a white people thing.

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