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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I like the of converting TJ to 10th-12th and being able to serve 33% more students through the program on the face of it, but do wonder if there are strong arguments against this that aren’t on my radar. I’d consider any argument about needing to form community or the minor disruption of a student spending 1 year at base HS to be weak arguments, but there may be stronger ones I’m overlooking. Anyone have we’ll-reasoned arguments against this type of change?[/quote]

1) You’d pretty much destroy every non-STEM extracurricular at the school - which are a significant part of the school’s culture

2) You’d eliminate a crucial adjustment year for kids to figure out how to navigate the rigor of TJ.

3) No more IBET, which, in addition to the design and tech class that introduces many students (however easily) to principles of engineering also gives them a core group of students to build networks around. [/quote]

1 is false and 2 is weak (can think of equal counterarguments), 3 has some real validity though.[/quote]

1 is absolutely true. Athletes are not leaving their high schools for TJ once they’ve already played there for a year, nor are performing artists.

2 is also absolutely true and crucial, especially in math and science. Freshmen Biology at TJ is a HUGE separator and the only other course that usually presents a level of challenge well above what the students are used to. Having students take that course without TJ teachers would be a catastrophic mistake.[/quote]

Yep. IBET...the design and tech class is fundamental to the TJ curriculum.  Freshman Biology at TJ is pretty much equivalent to AP Biology at other FCPS schools.  Don’t forget about Research Statistics 1 that every TJ freshman takes First semester. It’s the first half of the AP statistics course at other FCPS schools. And Math 3 at TJ is Algebra 2 and completed in one semester vs an entire year at the other county high schools. I’d say the courses at TJ are not equivalent to a similarly titled class at base HS, they are much harder. [/quote]

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