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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So much drama.  Even so, the number of applications to TJ for the Class of 2026 from Carson alone was greater than the combined total from the county's six poorest middle schools (Glasgow, Herndon, Holmes, Key, Poe, and Whitman).  And the number of applicants from both Carson and each of the six other schools declined from the number of applicants for the Class of 2025.

Maybe FCPS was able to generate more interest in TJ the first year after the admissions changes, but it wasn't sustained this year.  It seems like the reaction to the greater subjectivity and random quality of TJ admissions was a bit of a "Yeah, no thanks."[/quote]

Btw, Carson is predominantly AAP i.e, at least 2/3rd (about 500/grade) student population is AAP representing wide range of kids that belong to Oakton, Chantilly, Westfields, SouthLakes and Herndon (?) HS pyramids. It is totally unfair to pool all these kids under single middle school by using the attending middle school based quota. I am pretty sure FCPS is aware of it and they did it deliberately to hurt AAP students where asians are over represented. I have written many emails, voiced this exact concern during the town halls and gotten zero response. I wish the quotas were based on school pyramid instead. [/quote]

Vote for Rep. I have never been so disappointed with Dem.[/quote]

We already did in last gov election and it was the first time we voted republican. Many of neighbors, friends are equally angry, though not quite as vocal as I am. Some republicans did very active campaign in whats app parent groups (couple of which I am part of) and I believe they are largely successful. The worst part of quite a few of these parents (many are asians), including us, are generally very liberal in all the areas, but at the same time value kids education over pretty much anything else. Whether my kids will get accepted into TJ or not, but I would like for my kid and all the other kids attending the AAP centers to have a fair chance like rest of the kids. Please don't say that I have an option to move my kid to base school - If thats your answer, please just kill AAP centers all together as I am not just talking about my kid. 
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Hope you don’t have a daughter.  There are some things more important than AAP that the Republicans will destroy.[/quote]

Unfortunately, this is how democracy works. Don't ignore the short term pains, while looking for long term gains as short-term issues generally drive elections. Also, general rule of thumb is don't drive out your loyal base by chasing imaginary benefits. Yes, sometimes you need to do the right thing, but it needs to be communicated well and ensure that it is not unfairly affecting anyone.

You need to realize that no one is actually against promoting economically disenfranchised. If FCPS simply allocated say 20% quota to poor kids, there won't be any opposition. But their goal was to actually hurt asians or more specifically prep centers, but not sure if they realized that they are hurting innocent kids as well (all those who attend AAP centers) and unnecessarily created a divide that didn't exist before. In turn, they messed up the process so much so that merit didn't really matter much anymore as admissions seemed pretty random. This really pissed off so many parents.

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