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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My take is that TJ is a Governor's School with a mission of educating kids whose learning levels are remarkably different than their age level peers.  If a kid is rejected from TJ, FCPS is stating that the kid's needs can be met at the base school.

Given that, FCPS is obligated to meet the needs of kids at the base school who have exceeded the base school's offerings.  So, they need to provide additional dual enrollment math courses for the kids who take Calculus in 8th-10th grade.  They likewise need to provide additional post AP science classes for the kids who complete AP levels and need additional content.  If there aren't enough kids at the base school, then FCPS needs to pay for the kids to take equivalent college level classes at GMU.

FCPS can't have it both ways.  They can't decide that your kid can have their needs met at the base school, and then refuse to provide advanced enough content at the base school to meet your kid's needs.  Granted, the easiest and cheapest solution would be to admit kids like that to TJ, where they honestly belong.  [/quote]

We'll see some of the base schools add to their offerings as an increasing number and percentage of top students attend schools in those pyramids.  But it would be fascinating if the parents of some top kids turned away from TJ end up bringing an action against FCPS alleging a denial of FAPE. [/quote]

I wonder this as well.  One of the solidly middle class AAP centers with a very low TJ admission rate had 5 kids get rejected with 4.0s and in Algebra II after taking Algebra I in 6th grade.    The parents didn't push them ahead, and they didn't do summer geometry.  FCPS pushed them ahead based on their test scores.  Now, they won't have any math classes to take during their senior year at their very middle of the road high school. FCPS needs to find a solution for kids like that.  They can't just shrug their shoulders and expect those kids to take remedial math or not take math at all senior year.  [/quote]

How can anyone with a straight face say kids taking Algebra 1 in 8th should be getting in over these kids.  [/quote]

Highly accelerated in math <> slam dunk

Kids also need to know how to engage with other people (profile) and write (essay).  
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4.0 GPA + AAP + highly accelerated in math should be close to a slam dunk for a magnet STEM school that is intended to meet the needs of kids whose needs can't be met at their zoned school.

The essays are even more vulnerable to prep centers than the testing in the old process.  This is especially true when the essays aren't even proctored, and motivated parents could have easily helped their kids.[/quote]

Essays are so much more easier to be prepped for. Maybe that was the point.  Explains the 26% increase in whites. [/quote]

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