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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

+1000 For all of these reasons, plus there's a significant number of kids (my DS was among them) who are just more than ready to get to TJ. I feel so bad for the kids who are caught up in this mess, created by a group of people who never had the kids' best interests in mind. [b]Asra knows this better than most TJ parents.[/b][/quote]

It's beyond disgusting that she is using so many students as pawns in her political games. 
[/quote]It's disgusting that you would throw around words like "disgusting" so casually when things don't go your way. Grow up. Do better.
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I guess you are OK if Asra uses our kids as pawns for her political Trumphumper games.

I'm not. It's disgusting. 
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I guess you are fine with racist SB members practicing racial discrimination against Asian students. Do better.[/quote]

[b]The current admissions policy is less racist than the previous one[/b]. The SB behaved poorly, but the admissions process itself is a step in the right direction.

And Asra is still a Trumphumper using our kids to push her GOP wedge issues. 
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Citation needed. [/quote]

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