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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s really a diversion to try and refocus the discussion on whether Asians at TJ are lousy athletes.  That has very little to do with whether FCPS should continue to operate a magnet school that distorts the allocation of resources, attention, and opportunities within the school system. And FCPS isn’t operating a special magnet for the best quarterbacks and sprinters in any event.[/quote]

Parent of a non-Asian-American senior at TJ here.  TJ is an effort to create a magnet program for the smartest, most driven, STEM-oriented kids, regardless of their ethnic background.  The impacts it has on the rest of the school system are not large, and TJ should not be on chopping block any more than any other specialized program offered by FCPS (i.e. immersion, Project Opportunity (https://bryanths.fcps.edu/resources/project-opportunity), technical education programs (https://www.fcps.edu/academics/high-school-academics-9-12/career-and-technical-education-cte/academies-and-specialized), etc.  The resources devoted to any of these programs do not "benefit" everybody, and thus "distort the allocation of resources, attention, and opportunities within the school system."  I think any reasonable and open-minded examination of TJ would conclude that on balance it is immensely beneficial to the students it serves and the school system as a whole.[/quote]

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