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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The families have standing based on the allegations that 1. The FCPS Board will be violating state law by getting rid of the test, and 2. their children are being denied an opportunity (imminent threatened harm is the injury-in-fact) based on violation of the law if it goes forward.  And the harm is irreparable because they will be out of the window for admission if the case proceeds at a normal pace.  Not saying I think they will win, but I do think they have standing.[/quote]

Yeah, no. There is no irreparable harm. The students are not being denied an opportunity to apply to TJ, nor would their admission to TJ under the current process be assured (we are just asked to assume the students would be admitted, but of course there are other qualified applicants). And, of course, the equitable considerations include FCPS’s reasonable interest in operating a magnet school that serves students from a wide cross-section of the county and not just a few middle-school feeders.

So it’s an uphill battle, but in any event even if successful would only go to the conditions that must exist if FCPS wants to continue to operate a Governor’s School - not whether it should do so (which remains within FCPS’s discretion).  That is why any “victory” for the plaintiffs would at best likely be of the pyrrhic variety.[/quote]
Please stop talking about things you don't understand.

Should we believe your free advice on the internet or the plaintiffs' complaint by their lawyer, William Hurd, a former Virginia Solicitor General who argued major cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court?

The state law is clear about requiring an aptitude test.[/quote]

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