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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Here's another complete factual inaccuracy from the PLF brief:

" For example, under that plan, two middle schools—Kilmer Middle School and Longfellow Middle School—were grouped into the same regional pathway. These schools are both majority Asian-American, and in 2018 (the last year for which school-level data is publicly available) sent a combined 99 students to TJ."

Longfellow is over 50% white and 20% Asian and Kilmer has a plurality at 45% white and is 24% Asian.

Starting to see why the motion for injunction failed. If your brief contains lies, that's a problem.[/quote]

Here's another beauty part to all of this:

One of the named complainants in the PLF brief is a current TJ parent. They have multiple students currently at TJ, including students selected under both the old and the new admissions processes, and is complaining on behalf of their future applicant.

They are a member of the new TJ PTSA's Executive Committee that is operating under probationary status due in part to their members' inflammatory and inappropriate statements surrounding the admissions process.[/quote]

This is simultaneously hilarious and sad.[/quote]

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