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[quote=Anonymous]Young Scholars is meant to help kids from groups that are more likely to struggle academically stay on grade level and excel. There are field trips, summer camps, and programs that are meant to encourage their curiosity and help them develop/improve skills that other kids had help with developing at home. It has traditionally targeted Black and Hispanic families because those are groups that tend to be at the bottom end of the education gap. It has also targeted FARMs kid who are White and Asian, at least people on this board have mentioned being white and Asian and in Young Scholars. On top of that, parents can ask to have their kids join Young Scholars.

The program has been around for a while, I don’t have the exact years, but it is not new. It does target kids in early elementary hoping to help those kids get to a point where they could join AAP in third grade. It continues on through MS to provide a fun way of supporting kids academically.

The County is very aware of the education gaps that exist and is looking for ways to deal with it. The number of Black, Hispanic, and poor kids at TJ has not exactly skyrocketed so I think we can safely say that YS is not a program meant to get all the kids into TJ.

My god do you folks have a skewed view of the world. Everything is about TJ. Somethings are just about helping kids to learn and have a solid chance at succeeding in HS and college. [/quote]

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