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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How is it that TJ parents are so utterly clueless that they don't understand that a $100 application fee is completely reasonable and don't understand that their school should get less money per pupil than a title 1 school?[/quote]

I am a former TJ parent who doesn't understand why the school should get less money per pupil than a title I school. The purpose of TJ is to provide a high-level of STEM education so we develop talent that can meet our region's and nation's needs in STEM. As an example, we need to develop counterterrorism, cyber defense, missile defense capabilities here at home. We have great difficulties in filling our STEM undergraduate and graduate progams in the U.S. because we aren't providing the STEM education that other countries (e.g. China, India) are. The money needs to be spent to get that job done. The military applications are just an example, the region and nation have STEM needs in other areas as well.

It costs money to teach differential equations, numerical analysis, object-oriented programming. We're trying to do something on a par with education for elite science and technology students in Europe and Asia. I encountered TJ parents who were very knowlegable about our regional and nationals needs in STEM.

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What a load of bull. If the STEM needs are that significant, we’d get a lot more bang for the buck by promoting STEM education across the board. TJ exists because a Republican-controlled majority on the BOS thought it would be a good marketing tool in the mid-80s to convince companies to lease space in new office parks in Tysons and along Route 28.  Its appeal lies largely in its exclusivity, which attracts those who’ll chase every brass ring dangled in front of them. [/quote]

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