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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/BTGKX652F413/$file/TJHSST%20Admissions%20Merit%20Lottery%20Proposal.pdf[/quote]

With lottery system, TJ will just become a glorified charter school and it will no longer be a magnet school. Anyone with 3.5+ GPA with Algebra I in 7th or 8th grade will have an equal chance, which will be a lot. I see that Regions 1 and 2, which usually send majority of the kids to TJ will stand to lose most and Regions 3 and 4 will gain significantly with 70 students cap.

In our case, our base school comes under Franklin (Region 5), where as AAP center is Carson (Region 1).  DS started his 7th grade in Carson as he is in AAP. Few of his AAP classmates chose to go to Franklin Level IV for personal reasons - may be it will work out better for them.  I am thinking if we should also transfer back to Franklin in 8th grade as application pool will be much larger in Region 1 as compared to Region 5. What do you think? [/quote]

[b]The lottery is based on where you live, not what school you attend.[/b]  It doesn't matter if you attend Franklin or Carson; you will be put into the Franklin-based lottery if you live in the Franklin attendance area.[/quote]

You've got to be shi**ing me!  What a dumb idea!  Now every parent with a kid at Carson's will rent an apartment in the Franklin attendance area, provide that as their address to FCPS, and take their chances instead of spending money on prep!  The gaming of the system will continue.

Why can't FCPS do something real for a change?  More education and test prep opportunities for identified URM/low income smart kids maybe?

Most of the kids that don't apply today don't for a reason one of them being that the curriculum is tough.  If that doesn't change, then why would they apply?  The school will continue to be predominantly Asian anyways (unless they fix it with their "holistic" curation).

Can't believe the idiots we have to suffer..[/quote]

Beautifully said. The democrats cant think straight. they can think only crooked.[/quote]

The "tough" curriculum will change too.

This change addresses many issues, directly or indirectly.  Nonpartisan people can think about these things instead of just complain.[/quote]

So tough curriculum will change too?  then why do you need TJ? Thank God atleast we have Montgomerry blair in this area.[/quote]

You're welcome to go there, if you can get in.

This is a positive change for TJ and for the other high schools in Nova.  I could elaborate but you don't care about positive change anyway.[/quote]

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