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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"In a June 7, 2020, email laying out her racial vision for the school, Bonitatibus said she sought to “close the equity gap” so the school would “reflect the racial composition in FCPS.” That year, the school had about 70% Asian students, about 20% white students and about 10% Black and Hispanic students. During the 2023-2024 school year, FCPS had different racial demographics, mirroring the distribution in the years earlier: 36% white, 29% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 10% Black, 6% multiple races, 0.3% Native American or Alaskan Native, and 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.

She challenged TJ’s racially and ethnically diverse families, some of whom had survived the Cultural Revolution in China and economic poverty in India, to “think of privileges you hold that others may not.” With the new admissions changes, the percentage of Asian students dropped dramatically, with small increases in the number of Black and Hispanic students and larger increases in the number of white students.

Under her leadership, TJ recently fell from its long-held position as the nation’s No. 1 high school to No. 14. Bonitatibus’ tenure was also marked by the controversial withholding of student National Merit awards. This issue drew sharp global criticism. In addition, during her watch, the TJ community was struck by the first suicides of TJ students in the school’s history, with two students tragically passing away in 2018 and 2020.

In September, the number of students recognized as National Merit semifinalists decreased to 81 in the Class of 2025, the first class enrolled in the school after the new admissions changes, from 165 the year before.

The following month, Bonitatibus sent an email to TJ's parents announcing she had “pursued and accepted” a “promotion” to a role in the Fairfax County Public Schools Department of Human Resources as “Executive Director of Talent Acquisition and Management,” a move that was met with widespread skepticism considering a slew of staff and teacher departures from TJ that had marked her stewardship of the school."

https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/fcps-selects-tjhsst-alum-michael-mukai-to-be-new-principal/article_675df76c-cee9-11ef-9b2a-ab958f33eb91.html

A professional epitaph if I've ever seen one.

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Fairfax Times is pushing RWNJ lies.

1. She had no role in TJ admissions. 
2. Affluent families have privilege. 
3. TJ did not hold the #1 rank often. It was #5 before admission changes. 
4. The reform efforts are trying to make TJ less toxic and lower student stress. The race to nowhere only hurts kids. 
5. Students were notified about commendations via email. And for college applications they would have known if they were commended several months earlier based on the cut off.

Republicans are lying sacks of sht. 
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#1.  She may not have reviewed individual applications but she was very much part of the effort to change TJ admissions policy.

#2.  Sounds like class warfare agit prop.

#3.  TJ was regularly, if not always, ranked as the top public school in the country. We won’t have to worry about that any longer.

#4.  TJ can now be quite stressful for kids who are in over their heads and face imposter syndrome.  If you’re worried about kids challenging themselves, why bother with a STEM magnet (unless your agenda is simply to dole out rewards in the form of TJ admission to the less qualified)?

#5. Not a big deal but clearly what happened was that TJ under AB was more worried about the hurt feelings of TJ students were neither NMSF nor commended than recognizing the achievement of commended students.  Again, no longer an issue since now the majority of TJ students are neither NMSF nor commended.

The issues around TJ transcend party affiliation.  It’s funny you bash Republicans since TJ wouldn’t exist but for the advocacy of local Republican officials in the 1980s. [/quote]

1. She has no role in admissions process - either defining it or implementing it. 
2. It's just how the world works. Why the hesitancy to admit it? 
3. TJ was ranked [u]one of [/u]the top public HSs in the US. It still is today. It's still ranked higher than 99.44% of the pubic HSs. 
4. A healthy amount of challenge would be best for all. 
5. It was delayed mail and human error - not some big conspiracy.

The "article" is all BS RWNJ propaganda. Republicans love pushing lies. 
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1. She still had a role in changing the admissions process.
2. Not being on free and reduced lunch is not the same as affluent.
3. Rankings are not really important but the decline in the academic ability of the bottom half fo the school is.
4. The top quartile of the class is experiencing significantly less stress at the expense of the bottom quartile of the class.
5. Probably just error but still a bad a look from an administration that is waging a war on merit.[/quote]

1. Braband proposed changes to the admissions process; the school board tweaked and approved it. She did not and can not change the admissions process. She sent an email to the TJ community asking them to reflect on race. 
2. There is a spectrum of "privilege". 
3. Where is this data on the "bottom quartile"? 
4. Someone will always have it easier and someone is always have it harder. 
5. It's misinformation to claim it was intentional.

Interesting data point for those people who actually care about the rankings: TJ was NOT at #1 when Bonitatibus started in 2017. She brought it up to #1 for two years. Suck it, haters.

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1. She participated in the FCPS board meeting and endorsed brabrand's racism.
2. And there is nothing special about middle class privilege that it needs to be truncated.
3. The ones that have it harder all seem to mostly come from the same schools.
4. You are setting some kids up for failure while denying more opportunities to other kids that can benefit the most from those opportunities.
5. It wasn't misinformation.  It was a fck up that resonated with people because it had become cleasr that FCPS was putting DEI before merit.

Bonitatibus lost the confidence of the students, faculty and parents.
Her attitude towards asians (the majority of her students) made it difficult for her to continue in her position.[/quote]

1. Lots of people participated in school board meetings. It doesn't mean they can create the new admissions policies.  
2. Acknowledging privilege isn't "truncating" anything. 
3. Again...where is your data? Pulling out of your butt? 
4. I think we could add 7th grade math and science SOL scores as additional data points in the admissions process.  
5. Making up an reason is a lie. Misinformation 101.

Wanting to increase representation of URMs does not mean she has a negative attitude towards Asian students. GMAFB. More misinformation. 
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FCPS has been compelled to do something to address TJ's drastic decline, and recognize it's a long way to return to meritocracy.  [b]DEI shenanigans are fading[/b] across sectors including K-12 education. The first and easiest action that FCPS took was to bring in a solid principal who understands meritocracy.  Bonitatibus was just a stooge who FCPS didnt mind keeping while the DEI was in its full swing, but the easiest one to get rid of in a snap in the mid school year.  Absolutely, no one cares about her exit as she was completely ineffective in her role.   As it always happens with puppets, when the season concludes they are discarded. [/quote]

Sure about that? Mukai seems supportive of DEI efforts.

He offered a controversial African American history elective at his last school.

And he seemed pretty supportive of having diverse spaces: 
[i]"Now more than ever, we heighten our recognition that this is not the time to be silent. In the words of Dr. Brabrand, “We must lean into each other and into the community we’ve built to [u]create places and spaces where all are welcome and seen[/u].”  As school leaders, we will continue to lead our students and staff in learning about, valuing, and embracing each other’s differences, while working to change the conditions that allow for injustice.

Please know that your schools are here for you and stand with our Black and African American families. The diversity of our community makes the West Springfield Pyramid a fulfilling place to live, work, learn, and grow. "[/i]

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This was during the BLM riots.  Everybody was sensitive to race at the time.  Most people weren't discriminating agasinst asians.[/quote]

There is no discrimination here.  :roll: 
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