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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New to this thread and TJ in general.  Question - was the issue that black and latino students couldn't get in like in New York or didn't want to go?  I guess I'm trying to understand - are certain minority groups not applying or applying and not getting in?     [/quote]

Overtime it's led to both.  The admissions test weeded out 2/3 of applicants and left a large Asian dominated applicant pool that some claim was based in part on the means to prep for the test and game the system.  As the student body become predominantly Asian over the years, the anecdotal evidence is that high achieving white, black, and Hispanic students stopped applying and stayed with their peers at their base schools because they felt they didn't fit into the culture.  Not sure if any of that is true beyond the school being predominantly Asian at this point.[/quote]

Yes lack of diversity is a problem, but can they actually succeed by forcing diversity onto the school? Look at math and science Phd's; predominantly Asian and white.[/quote]

They can easily succeed if they choose to and a public high school isn’t remotely comparable to a PhD program[/quote]

Why are blacks so underrepresented in AAP? Fcps should start there.

My kids used to attend an elementary school that supposedly had a young scholars program. The kids who went to AAP were mostly all white and Asian. Fcps really needs to focus on the pipeline early.[/quote]

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