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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem that the "Close TJ/End AAP" crowd doesnt want to acknowledge is that the issues poor performing students face has nothing to do with the students at TJ or in AAP. Closing TJ and ending AAP will not boost poor performing schools. Family and parenting issues impact performance and no amount of money thrown at those problems will help.[/quote]

Oh it might boost scores in those schools, but it won't actually raise the scores of kids who are struggling.

One side doesn't want to acknowledge that TJ is essentially special education for the top 2% of students.[/quote]

What you say is true. But it is also true that many upper and middle class residents that came to the county for AAP and/or TJ would be leaving. And those struggling schools still wouldnt get a boost from those former AAP and TJ students.

AAP is a huge reason families come here. I know we would look to live elsewhere if AAP went away. Its the biggest thing that draws people to Fairfax. Once Fairfax is not considered one of the best school systems in the country, home prices will sink like stones, along with the tax base that supports those same struggling schools.   [/quote]

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