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[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]

Your student should go to the middle school where they will get the best educational experience for 8th grade. Strategizing for TJ is not a good move given the amount of chance in the process.[/quote]

+1.

What this really does is downgrade TJ as a "destination" school.  It becomes a demonstration project that a more diverse group of students can study in a STEM-oriented environment.  But admission will be more random, and the school's profile and achievement levels will be lower.

Some have suggested this will make the pyramids with the middle schools that currently send the most kids to TJ less attractive.  In fact, it's just as likely to make the pyramids with the strongest neighborhood high schools more attractive.   Who is going to game the new system by sending their kid to Whitman if it's a crap shoot and their kid will more likely end up at Mount Vernon.  Just go with Irving/West Springfield and be done with it. [/quote]

Pyramids with the strongest neighborhood high schools are already very attractive.[/quote]

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