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Let's see, lots to unpack here...

1) Plenty of C4TJ folks denied that the previous process had to be fixed. They wanted instead to substitute "fixing the pipeline" - a decades-long process that they had no real intention of investing in - for any substantial admissions-process adjustments. Don't misrepresent the core argument of the folks making the most noise - you lose credibility when you do that.

2) [b]Reducing the number of Asians was never a primary goal of the process[/b]. The goal was to create a TJ student body that more accurately reflected the demographic of the catchment area. Those two goals get conflated constantly because the percentage of Asian students was (and still is) so massive at the school. It's not possible to solve issues of representation without reducing the numbers and percentages of groups that are overrepresented. This is logically obvious to all parties involved but the politically expedient move is to misrepresent the goal as "anti-Asian" in much the same way as dumbass conservatives see corporate DEI initiatives as "anti-white".

3) The "community discord" that you speak of took the form of Coalition 4 TJ organizing insanely tone-deaf events both inside and outside the TJ community and seeking media attention to boost their own political profiles and fortunes. They didn't have to behave like their treatment was similar to that of Black folks under Jim Crow or Muslims after 9/11 or even the Japanese during internment. They didn't have to occupy the TJ PTSA - which has absolutely NO affiliation with Admissions - and create a horrific nightmare for several months before their leader resigned in disgrace. But they chose to sow community discord by doing exactly all of those things, and the students suffered as a consequence.

4) Of course other avenues are available to approach a more equitable distribution of opportunity. FCPS and the School Board chose this one, and as a result applications soared by over 20% after they'd declined for years, and students at every middle school in the County now understand that TJ is a possibility that they can aspire to. The fact that interest in TJ rose to that level [i]in and of itself[/i] is proof of concept.

5) No one called anyone by any names. Learn what "crocodile tears" means.[/quote]
Yes, it was the main goal. Don't deny it. Even blind people can see it.[/quote]

No.... it wasn't the main goal. It was an ancillary reality of achieving the ACTUAL goal.[/quote]
Stop lying. Even Brabrand and SB members admitted this in Town Hall meetings.[/quote]

Check your facts. [b]The stated goal was always to create a population at TJ that better reflected the demographic of the catchment and of FCPS[/b]. Cite an example where any of those individuals directly stated that a goal was fewer Asian students for its own sake.[/quote]
Isn't it the same as reducing Asian population? Why are you always answering your own questions?[/quote]

Let's do a thought experiment.

Prior to the recent admissions changes, year over year the demographic at TJ was basically:

73% Asian, 19% white, 5% multiracial (which usually means Asian and white), 2% Hispanic, 1% Black.

Let's pretend that the School Board implemented a policy that resulted in a demographic of:

54% Asian, 39% white, 5% multiracial, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black.

There is [b]absolutely no chance[/b] that FCPS - or anyone in the pro-reform column - would have considered those changes successful. [b]ABSOLUTELY NONE[/b].

What actually happened was that FCPS implemented a policy that resulted in:

54% Asian, 22% white, 5% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 7% Black.

If you read the above data and conjecture, and your conclusions remain:

1) TJ reform is solely about reducing the Asian population, OR
2) TJ reform is about increasing the white population;

... then there's nothing that I or anyone else can do to help you. Your delusions are baked in and you might as well put on your red hat or your puffy vest.

The fact that it [i]affects[/i] you doesn't mean it's [i]about[/i] you.[/quote]
Nobody has time to read your braindead spin. Just saying...[/quote]

That's one way to forfeit. [/quote]

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