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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know that TJ, per se, is the reason "TJ kids" soak up the in state slots.  These are very smart, very hard working, very motivated kids. Most of them do a lot in terms of extra classes during the summer and as an 8th period to accelerate.  I have to think that the top 75% of TJ kids would move to a base school, and end up in the top 10% of their class with a very, very heavy work load, and soak up the in state slots from the base HSs. These are largely kids who are going to get into UVA/WM/VT Engineering from any school in FCPS.

Also, if you think the environment in some HSs is a pressure cooker now, wait until you get the kids who often take summer school chemistry to skip straight to AP Chemistry, self study to test ahead and skip courses in math, and take an extra academic class each year. That puts more pressure on the other kids to similarly up their game. I don't thing getting rid of TJ would have the effect of lowering the pressure in base HSs.  I think it would ramp it up. [/quote]

+1 I agree.[/quote]

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