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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not right that Asian kids at TJ attend a newly renovated school with fewer than 1800 kids while black and Hispanic kids just a few miles away are crammed into overcrowded or dilapidated schools like Stuart and Falls Church. If "One Fairfax" means anything, this must stop.  [/quote]

Fairfax is renovating all of the high schools.  It doesn't happen all at once, though.  There's a schedule.  [/quote]

+1. TJ waited in line, like everyone else. It was really terrible 6-8 years ago, before the renovation, and kids attended school in the middle of construction. .  Kids were still churning out the high SAT scores and doing research. Now Oakton and Herndon are up.  It would be great if FCPS could wave a wand and have the $$ and manpower to do all the HSs at the same time.  Since they can’t, there is a schedule. TJ did not jump the line or get preference.  Whatever hour gripes are with TJ, saying they got renovation preference is just wrong. [/quote]

Falls Church HS was obviously in worst shape than TJ but it was penalized in the renovation queue because it was purportedly under-enrolled at the time, whereas TJ apparently was not treated similarly even though it has fewer students than every other HS besides Lee.  You're fooling yourself if you believe TJ doesn't get special treatment while a school like Falls Church gets kicked to the end of the line.[/quote]

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