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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous[b]]So TJ was dinged for diversity (B)[/b] (no shock there) and sports (C+)(again, not a shock).  Also, the food got an A-.

Facilities and resources got an A and not an A plus, so some data comes from before the rennovation was finished.

Academics, teachers, administration, clubs and activities and college readiness all A+.

I can live with that. If a ranking system includes sports teams and diversity in the ranking, TJ is going to drop a few slots.  Oh well.

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too few white kids perhaps?[/quote]

TJ overrespresents Asians, and underrepresents whites, and especially AA and Hispanic, by a lot. Underrepresents FARMS, by a lot. And despite almost equal application numbers, still admits 60% male.  I hope the new (woman, yeah!) principal makes inroads on all of these categories.  But none of this is a surprise to the TJ community, or anyone in FCPS paying attention. [/quote]

Not much different than the eight famous test-in magnet programs in NYC, every one of them more than half Asian in a city whose population is less than 10% Asian.  Stuyvesant is nearly three quarters Asian, with Bronx Science, Hunter College HS and Bronx Tech not far behind.  Mayor after NYC mayor has stood firm when civil libertarians demanded that the city put a dampener on Asian admission to the magnets.  Maybe whites, AA and Hispanics should be making "inroads" by emulating Asian discipline to prep for TJ admissions.  I hope that the new principal encourages a "if you can't beat em, join em" mentality. That said, Chicago has long supported a much better system for admission to its HS magnets (Michelle Obama is an alum) than NYC, Boston or FCPS, helping the city identify and nurture minority talent.  If TJ wants to become more diverse, FCPS and Arlington need to overhaul the TJ admissions system. The new TJ principal won't be in a position to do that on her own.

An aside. On Sunday afternoons during the school year, we schlep our two children to Rockville, a 45-minute drive, for a heritage language program for kids run by immigrant Chinese parents (using a MoCo school building).  Many of the parents cheerfully drive or Metro an hour from VA, MD or DC to get the kids to the classes. They do this year after year, Sunday after Sunday, to help ensure that the kids speak, read and write decent Cantonese. Meanwhile, most of our white, AA and Hispanic neighbors and friends spend Sunday afternoons relaxing at sporting events, cultural events, kids birthday parties etc. The Sunday program, er, overrepresents Asians, annoying people who just try to damn hard to ensure that their children achieve academically and value their families' immigrant culture.  Not sporting in America.  
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