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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FCPS needed to make changes to how kids were admitted to TJ [b]because of the threat of litigation by the NAACP.[/b] They cannot add racial quotas. Setting a percentage guarantee from each MS provides every student in FCPS, and the other counties that participate, an opportunity to attend TJ. The other requirements cut the number of kids who can apply far more substantially then the people who post on this forum think. The Honors math and science requirement is more of a hurdle then people here think it is.

There are students who are accepted who are going to struggle at TJ and that number has increased. But FCPS needs to have an admissions system that they can point to that is as unbiased as they can make it. Opening TJ to every MS if you meet certain criteria opened TJ to MS that were under represented that happen to have more kids who are from under represented minorities and poor. It stopped the threat of litigation. Now the kids from Title 1 MS that could not get into TJ under the old system have a path to TJ. Some of them ill succeed, and their definition of success might be very different then your definition of success. Many will return to their base schools but they were given the opportunity.

You don't have to like it but it is what it is. [/quote]

You are lying or stupid.

There was actual litigation that they knew they would provoke with the change.

They lost at trial and had to appeal to the circuit court and the circuit court decision was appealed to the supreme court.
They weren't trying to avoid litigation and if the NAACP did sue them, they NACP was very likely to lose.  This issue has been litigated by magnet schools across the country and they have never been required to drop standardized testing or required to achieve racial diversity.[/quote]

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