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[quote=ntrainer]Folks, there is a simple solution for this year's applicant group. First, you have to start with the premise that FCPS has to (gasp!) abide by the court ruling. That means they cannot use the 1.5% minimum -- which is a quota by any other name -- and they cannot use the "Experience Factors." Those were clearly the two elements of the process which were judged unconstitutional.

At this point, they have the applications already in. No need to use an admissions test. No need for teacher recommendations. Admit the kids based on their "fit" for the school. Hell, I hate that they won't have sufficient data to make the best determination about the "best" applicants, but time is of the essence and why make families suffer through more uncertainty at this point?

(Side issue: The fact that FCPS says they "grade" the student applications based on how well the kids demonstrate the qualities of "Portrait of a Graduate" is a joke, given that this is a STEM school. But I suppose it's legal for them to do this, even if it is absolutely destructive of TJ itself.)

Then FCPS should go through an authentic process of evaluating how best to admit kids to TJ -- the best, the brightest -- and how to expand opportunities for those who haven't had success in the past.

Right now the SB needs to just DO THEIR JOB and give some advisory information to the admissions office in a chaotic situation. It need not be perfect advisory language. But it needs to be legal, and it needs to allow the process to move forward.[/quote]

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