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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They’ll be fine but it’s really unfair for them.[/quote]

Why is it unfair?  They applied, they did not get in.  Someone else's application was deemed more merit worthy.  You may not agree with the way admission was determined, but that doesn't make it"unfair."

If you are this up in arms about TJ, just wait until college, when it really is like a lottery at top schools.  Honestly, if your kid is that spectacular, they will be top of the class at the base school and have an even better chance at a top college.  For your kid's sake, move on.[/quote]

Colleges are not funded by my tax dollars.  TJ is.  As a resident of McLean, I pay pay my fair share of taxes (and property taxes per capita are likely the highest where I live).

You want to penalize privilege - go ahead.  Make it twice as difficult or thrice as difficult for privileged kids to get in.  The admissions formula makes it almost impossible for non-experience factor kids to get in from the feeder schools.

Helping the underprivileged is one thing but class warfare that penalizes young kids is totally different.

This is not about arguing with partisan Ninjas like you on an anonymous board.  This will be settled next November. And hopefully for good.

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What a disgusting display of entitlement.

Just because McLean has more wealthy families than other areas doesn’t mean it “deserves” more seats.

We all pay taxes to fund this community resource and this resource should be available to the whole community. Not just a privileged few. 
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What is equally disgusting is the gerrymandering of community resources by the electorally privileged few.

Nobody is asking for more than a fair share of resource.

I bat for my family and not for McLean.  It does not matter to me if McLean has 30 or 100 seats.  What matters to me is that my kid has a near 0 shot at TJ because of the way the admissions formula is set up.  I recognize my privilege and I fully understand that you need to adjust the formula to get more of the underprivileged admitted.  But the formula makes it near impossible for a non- experience factor kid from Cooper/Longfellow to get in. And that is absolutely about fairness and equity.  Before we are Black or White or Asian or McLean residents or from south County, we are individuals.  And this entire process has done wrong to many at an individual level.

So you guys can throw whatever shade you want.  [/quote]

I won’t throw shade, but your kid may have a better experience at Langley or McLean than most of these kids are going to have at TJ in the future.  They will be surrounded by highly motivated peers, the course offerings may expand as more STEM-focused kids from Cooper and Longfellow remain at their base schools, and you’ll avoid the in-fighting among parents, School Board members, and community residents over who “belongs” at their school.  Many people would love to be in your shoes. [/quote]

My kids’ future is not single-threaded on TJ.  They will be more than fine - that is what involved parenting does.

This whole episode is like a mugging.  It’s not like you cannot replace the $200 that someone robbed off you.  You will be fine in the long run.  But you feel violated and that is what this process has done.

My kids will not game IEP or FARMS responses to make the cut from their base school.  That is not how they are raised. Nor will be coach them to respond to essay prompts in a way that scores maximum points.   And we will set expectations that they should not bother with TJ not because they cannot work hard but because of who they are and where they live.  Ironically - this is the antithesis of equity.

There are many of us who agree that the previous process was broken and needed change.  But this change that has been imposed on us is half-baked and rushed through for no reason other than political grand-standing.  No process will be universally popular but this one has absolutely divided the community.  But that is the nature of the current political game.  Polarize and garner votes.  It a shame our kids have to experience this at such an early age. [/quote]

Well said. [/quote]

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