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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]2,762 kids applied and they have space for 500 or so kids. Lots of kids with great grades, who are in geometry or algebra 2, and who think they did well on the math problem are not going to be accepted. And if they had a quant test, many of those kids would have the same score, it wouldn’t change much.

The vast majority of the kids not selected have a good case for being selected. So do the kids who were accepted. [/quote]

I think you're defending the indefensible here.  If you have a group as large as 2,762 kids and you're trying to make the argument that they're all basically the same, it just doesn't fly.  If you can't find some reasonable, objective way to determine their individual talents rather than treat them as a big homogeneous group, some of the good ones will be treated unfairly, and [i]they'll[/i] know it because they know who their peers are.[/quote]

2700+ kids wanting in means you have several highschools worth of kids who want that sort of academic experience.

Its a shame FCPS won't open another speciality high school.[/quote]

A lot of these kids were pushed by their tiger parents into applying, and most of those turned down will have plenty of opportunities at their base schools.

There was never a need for TJ in the first place.  It was just a marketing tool that a Republican-controlled Board of Supervisors came up with at a time when Jefferson High's enrollment was down.  Opening TJ did real long-term damage to the Alexandria/Annandale neighborhoods left without a neighborhood school.

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A lot of the kids that get turned down were pushed by tiger parents.  It's just so random that once you are a 4.0 geometry student in 8th grade, you basically have a lottery ticket.

TJ was assigned to FCPS by a Democratic governor.  It's not some partisan tool and it's pretty silly of you to try and make it out to be one.[/quote]

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