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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Trump made many life long Republicans vote for Biden. This nonsense has made me - a life long Democrat think about the Republican party. Or should I try to push for more moderate Democrats who believe in merit and less pandering? Quite a struggle. [/quote]

There were many factors at play when they change the admissions.  Curie was only part of it.  Declining number of applicants, a very concentrated number of feeder schools, issues with the school itself including burnout and some toxicity, and more.  There were also larger issues at play, including the changes in admissions at Maggie Walker and Stuy.

As a moderate (former Republican now Independent) who believes in meritocracy and also in the benefit in higher education of diversity instead of insularity (I have also seen these benefits at various jobs I've had), I think the changes are a step in the right direction.  With some additional modifications, I think the change will benefit students at TJ and at all the regions' high schools.  [/quote]

Diversity is great. Viciously targeting a group is not. [/quote]

Thankfully, the group that was targeted was relatively small (as Judge Heytens indicated) and was targeted largely because of resource hoarding behavior.[/quote]

I've read the opinion and dissent and I'm not sure what you're referring to?

https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/Opinions/221280R1.U.pdf[/quote]

"The Coalition does not represent a class or putative class of applicants; rather, it is a group of interested parents and community members. Based on the record, it appears the Coalition has identified only two children of its members who are even eligible admission to TJ this year, and those children may yet be admitted."[/quote]

That's not an indictment of resource hoarding.  That's a statement of the parties. [/quote]

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