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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the FCPS School Board was 1/10th as progressive as it claims to be, and truly cared about educational equity, it would return TJ to its original use as a neighborhood school.  They are undoubtedly scared, however, by the thought of angry TJ parents disrupting their meetings if they try to do the right thing.

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/07/internalizing-the-myth-of-meritocracy/535035/[/quote]

I think we have gone back and forth on this several time in this thread.  While the title of the article is catchy, the longer title reads "A new study finds that believing society is fair can lead disadvantaged adolescents to act out and engage in risky behavior.".   Meritocracy is still needed but at the same time we do need an approach to ensure that everyone can participate in that meritocracy.  That begins in elementary or even pre-school and should be sustained though middle school.  Switching TJ back to a base school is not the solution.  What do you think will happen?  All the kids selling drugs and in gangs will suddenly become scientists!  Get real.  Let's talk about how to implement real change.  Increase property taxes across the county to pay for it.  I'm game and would gladly pay.  
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