Toggle navigation
Toggle navigation
Home
DCUM Forums
Nanny Forums
Events
About DCUM
Advertising
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
FAQs and Guidelines
Privacy Policy
Your current identity is: Anonymous
Login
Preview
Subject:
Forum Index
»
VA Public Schools other than FCPS
Reply to "Why doesn't APS make Arlington Tech into a TJ or Blair type school?"
Subject:
Emoticons
More smilies
Text Color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Violet
White
Black
Font:
Very Small
Small
Normal
Big
Giant
Close Marks
[quote=Anonymous]As a parent of an Arlington kid at TJ, I think the fact that Arlington Tech has a different model is great. Arlington kids already have access to TJ, so there’s no need (or, realistically, ability) to recreate that model here. Instead, offering something with a different approach and unique opportunities increases options for all our kids. That’s what Loudoun County does with its academies—kids in that county have access to both in-county magnet programs and TJ, offering a variety of opportunities. So, too, with Arlington. I disagree with a previous poster who implied that kids at TJ aren’t interested in science or engineering—that couldn’t be farther from the truth. TJ supports kids across a broad spectrum of interests, and has incredible in-house lab space for engineering classes. In fact, when touring colleges, my future engineer has noted that some of the college labs he’s seen are less advanced than TJ’s. [/quote]
Options
Disable HTML in this message
Disable BB Code in this message
Disable smilies in this message
Review message
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
