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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Riddle me this.  If TC is so amazing, why will ACPS not allow a cohort of kids to attend TJ, specifically citing "brain drain"?  5-10 kids a year is brain drain?  Seems like they need every single literate kid they can get. [/quote]

Sigh.  Because the deal that Fairfax offered was a disruptive, misleading, rip-off.  First, sending kids to TJ from outside of Fairfax requires three (not two) rounds of transportation per day - trip to school;  trip from school regular hours;  and late bus, required due to co-curriculars - no late bus, no co-curriculars.  All three are required.  Second, ACPS would not have played any decisional role in admissions, at all.  Third, the number you cited was the proposed range for the cap - not the actual enrollment; it's possible that, in any given year, no one would have been enrolled.  Fourth, Alexandria would have been required to accept responsibility for unknown and undeclared future capital improvements, with no ceiling.  FCPS offered ACPS a simply lousy deal for the students, families, and school system.  The former superintendent was 100% right to turn it down.

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