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

+ 1.  Indian parent with 1 kid at TJ and one not.  I've said this several times.  While a lot of current parents will fight for TJ on this board, you have to realize that by the time anything is done (if at all) to shut down TJ, they would be done and gone and have no skin in the game.  As a community, we have to decide if Fairfax county and Virginia wants to shut down the #1 school in the country.  I believe it's been tried before and failed because the community at large thinks it's a bad idea.  However, anyone who wants to do that should and must try through the proper channels (school board resolution, virginia house of delegates??  Not sure what it would take).  However, be prepared for a fight.  Many people with common sense and sense of purpose/vision bigger than just their neighborhood will definitely will not want TJ shut down.   Just ain't gonna happen.

What's the alternative?  Allocations based on race?  Lawsuit heaven.

Allocations by middle school?  I believe it's been tried and didn't work out.

At the end of the day, we DO have equality of opportunity.   The entrance process could be changed to accommodate more people and counter "prepping".    Maybe get rid of "demonstrated STEM experience" pre-high school.  Maybe change the math test to be like the science test...more focused on how kids think as opposed to what they know. However, NOTHING anyone does is going to take away the commute to TJ.  NOTHING is going to take away the fact that the school will be predominantly Asian (at least for the foreseeable future).

What a lot of people want is Equality of outcome.  It never has and never will serve the greater good. [/quote]

^ well said. One of the last bastions of true meritocracy and some people just don't like that.[/quote]

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