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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A TJ2 would just water down the prestige of TJ1. You take the western geniuses out of TJ1 and fill seats with less qualified students. No offense, but Fairfax county just doesn’t have that many qualified kids. And if kids are moving here specifically for that, they can move closer to TJ1. [/quote]

It’s pretty disingenuous to say that the county doesn’t have enough qualified kids.[/quote]

The latest published SAT scores show otherwise. TJ has an average over 200 points higher, at 1518, than 2nd place Langley with 1302. Steep drop off after that for the rest of the county. If the western half of FCPS truly had so many TJ-competitive kids being left out of TJ, then the average scores for Oakton, Chantilly, Madison, and Woodson would be higher but they simply aren't.

Are there qualified kids left out? Yes, but maybe only a couple hundred at most, not enough to fill even a small second high school. [/quote]

You’re talking averages, so your logic/analysis doesn’t work.

Like claiming there are no millionaires in our country because the average amount of savings per household is $100,000.[/quote]

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