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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So bottom line it’s an affirmative action initiative to increase AA & Hispanic #s in AAP and at TJ?[/quote]

No. Nice try at simplicity and dog-whistling, though. It’s a campaign to raise awareness around how the learning needs of all students are being met. If black and Hispanic kids aren’t getting into TJ, for example, then Fairfax has to look at how those students are being taught and what’s missing in their instruction. [/quote]

Getting into tj is not a requirement, county should focus on illegal immigration[/quote]

Getting into TJ is not a requirement.  But if the TJ applicant pool has 250AA students and 4 get in, while the acceptance rate for white and Asian kids is 20%: there is a problem. [/quote]

Are there really that many AA kids applying to TJ? I find that very surprising.

My whitish mixed race kid did the center thing, advance math, STEM enrichment, science olympiad on a successful division B elementary team, etc etc.

He tests very high and probably would have had very competitive scores for TJ.

He (and we) had no desire to even apply for TJ as we all wanted the well-rounded, time for activities like theater and band, freedom to load up on art classes or history if he wanted, etc.

He only knew of one white kid in his class that applied to TJ. The rest were asian. He did not know any blacks or hispanics who applied (althoug tyere might have been one or two). They all wanted a different high school experience than TJ required.

TJ just is not a big deal in our part of the county. People view it as a really cool and valuable part of fcps, but most do not really want it for their kids. This goes for the asians as well. I think a lot of them are the grandchildren of the first generation immigrants, and their parents are not pushing as hard for TJ either.

Based on our area which has a lot more black kids than the TJ crazy areas, I find it hard to believe that so many blacks are applying to TJ. 
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You can see demographics here: http://www.fcag.org/tjstatistics.shtml

You are right though... very few blacks and hispanics apply.  But the percentage who are offered admission is lowest.  
Hispanics are on par with whites, and asians have the highest percentage.

A lot of this is self selecting though, as we all know... Kids will only apply if they think they have a shot, and also they want to.
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