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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^^^ this.  The idea behind this bill is that TJ can take kids who have spent 9 years in GE in a weak ES and MS, and who don’t have the family resources backing them up, wave a magic wand, say a math spell, and poof, they will become 4.0 8th grade Algebra II Carson AAP kids.  That’s impossible.  It takes actual work to close the achievement gap. Starting in PK, so kids come into K with the foundation to learn. So they become great readers who go into AAPk and track towards the higher math in MS, and so on. You can’t come to TJ with gaps and expect to pass the classes.

This bill wants to hand TJ unprepared 14 year olds and tell them to somehow close the achievement gap. That’s impossible, so TJ gets dumbed down.

Op doesn’t care about the achievement gap, or poor kids or URMs. PP cares that her kid, who is brilliant and passionate about STEM  did not get a spot, while some soulless Asian robot who was locked in a room for 10 years with nothing but bread, water and a Kumon book got in instead. OP knows her kid is. OP doesn’t want a system that admits poors. OP wants a system that admits her kid.  And once her kid is in, she doesn’t want the poors messing things up. [/quote]

all of your memories are short.  TJ tried to be more diverse less than 10 years ago and it was a disaster.  Lots of people had to be put into remedial math and clearly didn't belong so the program was scrapped.

Look this issue is bigger than TJ you are talking about changing culture/focus.  Fact is there are people that are focused on education and getting into TJ from as early as elementary school.  Is that healthy who knows but its what is happening.  So unless you want to open up a test prep center specifically for blacks and hispanics nothing is going to change and you know what that;s fine.  PS TJ students already do tons of outreach to underrepresented minorities and school districts already.  It really comes down to the parents which is a culture thing.[/quote]

One other thing its not even a money thing. Carson is in an area that isn't that expensive compared to Fairfax County as a whole.  It's making choices like specifically picking real estate in a known TJ feeder/pipeline[/quote]

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