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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you are comparing the best high school in Region 1 with a not-too-good high school in Region 2. Let's look at South Lakes (Region 1) and Mclean (Region 2). Do you honestly think that kids in South Lakes are more affluent or have better opportunities than kids slated for Mclean? Yet, kids in region 1 (including those in the South Lakes pyramid) will have a lower chance of admission to TJ because they are competing with many more students. This lottery, as it is now, separates by regions, not pyramids and will not guarantee an even spread in opportunities according to socioeconomic class. Just my 2 cents.[/quote]

OP here - fair point. Will be interesting to see if the "holistic review" ends up with every kid from Region 1 coming from the same middle school or some similarly severe imbalance. Do you have specific suggestions for redistributing the regions? My sense was they were trying to break up the feeder school system at TJ - is that what you see?

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If the board keeps the GPA and math level as only requirements for lottery , there will still be a severe imbalance on which middle schools produce more TJ hopefuls. Carson or Longfellow will still be at the top but with Longfellow students having a higher chance of making it through lottery because of less competition. A less affluent student in region 1 (not at Carson) is all of the sudden being penalized for their address and not given the same chance as a more affluent student from region 2, which really defeats the purpose of the admission change.  region 3 would be the only one that would help with diversity, but why would a student of low socioeconomic background from region 3 be given preference over a student of low socioeconomic background that happens to live in region1?

This lottery also does not do anything for the truly gifted (of any race or socioeconomic background).

Maybe the "holistic review" will take these factors into account, but I am not holding my breath. Nobody knows what it entails and truthfully I don't think Brabrand has even thought that far. [/quote]

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