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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no doubt TJ Admissions need to be reset and diversity issues addressed ASAP.  But what was disappointing was the callous response from Dr Braband to the question of the lottery potentially excluding truly deserving students.  His response was essentially that everyone thinks their own kid is truly gifted and deserving of admission.  And not getting into TJ is “not the end of the world”.  Well if that is the case then what is the brouhaha all about?  And there are truly gifted kids (not necessarily mine) that will be left out.  It was sad to see an educator endorsing collateral damage.  The end should never justify the means especially when the platform is one of fairness and equity.  I was hoping they would consider some avenues for the truly gifted but the insouciance of the Superintendent on the issue was telling[/quote]

They just want to pander to blacks and screw over Asians. [/quote]

No, pander to whites through the guise of pandering to blacks, with the purpose of screwing over Asians.  [/quote]

I’m white but this is like, very obviously what’s afoot. How do people not get it? [/quote]

+1. As an alumna from the early 00s, I find it weird that all the documents only talk about the diversity problem going back a decade. People have been griping about diversity at TJ for at least 20 years. What happened in the twenty-teens? Oh right, the white admissions tanked.

I really don't care all that much about how the admissions process works, honestly. But I do think it's absurd that the truly gifted might be denied a chance to go.[/quote]

I find it absurd that the defense of the status quo at TJ is largely to acknowledge that only a small subset of the students there truly need an alternative to their assigned high school.

For this we have so much drama, year after year?  When other schools are overcrowded?

Turn TJ back into a neighborhood school and let this very small cohort that supposedly really needs something more do dual enrollment at George Mason.[/quote]

Have you ever been in the labs at TJ?? You can't honestly be serious in thinking dual enrolling at GM is even remotely equivalent to providing the same experience as a TJ. Your suggestion to disband the school is the exact opposite of what we need here. The main problem is that one TJ school is not nearly enough capacity for the many talented and hard working kids in the area. There should be a couple of other TJ like schools created in the county, at least 2 more (just like in MCPS). Then all these competitive cutthroat issues will go away when there is enough room for anyone who wants to apply. The entrance requirements should definitely not be watered down and a test should still be a significant portion of getting in. No lottery, but enough room to accept anyone who proves they are motivated, wants to get in, and is willing to work hard. Many of the transportation issues would also go away as folks would opt for the closest school.

Of course we all know that this is all wishful thinking and will NEVER happen in this county; academic excellence has long gone the way of the dodo. Sadly, it's even likely that when too many people fight to be part of something really good, it will risk ending the program and we will regress back into mediocrity.[/quote]

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