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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just caught this gem from the Memorandum in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction (which apparently was denied):

"Coalition members with children who will apply to TJ for the class of 2026 will suffer irreparable harm in the absence of an injunction—they will be forced to compete in an admissions environment that makes it more difficult for them to gain admission into TJ because of their race."

This is laughable.

They're in an admissions environment that will make it more difficult to gain admission because of their geographic distribution, not because of their race.

The fact that the South Asian population of Northern Virginia has self-segregated into small pockets in Herndon, Chantilly, Ashburn, and South Riding is no fault of FCPS or of TJ Admissions.[/quote]

No, but let's be hones and admit they are exploiting those pockets to dilute the Asian percentage of the TJ population.  I am certainly not saying that FCPS will lose this case as geographic minimums sound reasonable to me.  [b]But being intellectually honest, I cannot deny that the admissions changes were set up to increase the population of URMs at the expense of high performing Asian Americans[/b].  Again, not saying this is illegal or wrong, I'm just saying I understand their point of view and do empathize with them.  Calling the Asian Americans at the school toxic and cheaters is making the conversation of reforms much, much worse as both sides have retreated to their respective corners.  This is what may lead to TJ getting shut down.[/quote]

I don't think anyone reasonable disagrees with you about this. But the reality is that those kids from underrepresented schools and groups are also high-performing, and to refer to them as anything else is incredibly problematic.

I understand their point of view too, and empathize with the fact that the rug got pulled out from under them at the last minute. We agree there.

I think there is a subset of people who have never known the school to be anything other than majority-Asian, who hear that the environment at TJ is toxic and has a cheating problem and immediately ascribes those words to the Asian community at TJ. In reality, TJ's atmosphere has always been problematic in terms of both hyper-competitiveness and issues with academic integrity, and those issues LONG predate the school being majority-Asian.

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