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The community has been concerned about parents gaming the system for decades…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2001/12/01/outsmarting-the-competition-into-thomas-jefferson-high/3f547eb4-a62d-439e-adbb-c409403deea6/

[i]“attended a private learning center in Burke for [b]test practice and admissions counseling[/b] -- even advice on elementary school extracurricular activities. “

"Families go through incredible behavior just to try to get their kids into Jefferson by [b]moving into a particular area[/b] or renting a town house near Longfellow [Middle School] or others that [b]they think will give them an edge[/b]."

“The frenzy highlights a current districtwide controversy about the admission process. Domenech [b]wants to increase the number of students attending Jefferson from less affluent areas of the county[/b]”

For the first time, applicants who registered to take the test this year were given a 16-page booklet with test-taking strategies and sample questions.

"We knew that kids were getting help," said admissions coordinator Christel G. Payne, "and it just wasn't fair that a great deal knew what they were facing when they went in on Saturday morning and others would go in cold with no idea what they would be looking at."

MCPS: “Eileen Steinkraus, the magnet coordinator, said [b]applicants used to take the Preliminary SAT, but so many students studied for the test that they abolished it four years ago and had a testing service develop a test for them[/b].” [/i]

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