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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one has been "robbed."  It is a taxpayer-funded public school. Admission policies can change.  As a Fairfax taxpayer, I'm glad to see admissions will be more evenly spread across the county.  I'd rather it become an academy where more kids could take lab-oriented classes. [/quote]

Admissions can’t be changed in a discriminatory manner - which the Supreme Court has already ruled when it comes to quotas.  I am in favor of letting the case play out and living with the outcome.  I don’t care how it plays out, I just want it resolved once and for all.  [/quote]
There are no racial quota. Our entire Congess is based on geographic quotas. [/quote]

Look, even if the case is ruled against FCPS, all they are going to do is go back to the drawing board and find a different way to achieve the same or similar outcome. They have a compelling interest in making the school accessible to all of the middle schools that it serves.

As for the geographic quotas, it’s no fault of FCPS that families have self-segregated to the extent that they have. It’s not FCPS’ fault that while East and Southeast Asians are spread roughly evenly through the area, there is an extreme concentration of South Asians in Herndon and Chantilly.

What’s not going to happen is you’re not going to get an exam back. Exams cost money and the application fee is gone for good - and there is far too much evidence that confirms that having an exam confers a huge advantage in families who are willing to invest the time and resources on expensive and grueling prep, and that’s bad for the TJ environment and Northern Virginia at large no matter how you slice it.[/quote]

Exams also can be gamed. The first exam is fair but the in the following years exams are no longer fair because prep companies encourage kids who took the exam to remember questions and report back to help the next year test takers from that prep center. [/quote]

Bingo. And it's not realistic to completely change the format of the exam every year in order to try to outpace the prep companies - they're far too good at what they do. The only answer is an opaque process that doesn't involve an exam, and selecting a balanced class that actually serves the goals of the institution.[/quote]

Bring your cause to higher education, public education, AP test companies, etc.  Good luck![/quote]

Elite universities are already moving towards test-optional or non-submission models for this exact reason. Importance of AP exams goes down every year. TJ has been staggeringly behind the curve in accepting this new reality. [/quote]

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