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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder what will happen the first year. If teachers teach at the same level with the same harsh grading methods, and kids don't have the same level of support at home, it's going to be a mess.[/quote]

C'mon, you know what is going to happen.

At first, teachers will largely maintain the same curriculum because of inertia and because they have inherent respect for their students.

Then, data will be gathered that it is primarily the unprepared students who cannot handle the work.  These students will also turn out to be predominantly URMs.  They will be dropping out of TJ to base schools with GPA's that will make them ineligible for competitive college admissions.

Then the curriculum that made TJ what it is will be thrown out, following throwing out the students that made TJ what it is.  I give it 2-3 years.

Done.  ;-)[/quote]

100% agree.  The School Board has ruined TJ for "diversity".[/quote]

There is no more TJ.  It was effectively closed this week.[/quote]

The cutthroat cheating TJ?  Good riddance.  Now it can be an excellent STEM school for excellent students.  [/quote]

I really wouldn't call a 3.5 gpa requirement as "excellent". I might have a different opinion if the requirement for the lottery was more stringent- higher gpa (3.8? 3.9?) with specific course prerequisites and majority yes (out of yes/no) recommendation from 3 teachers of student's choosing for example. [/quote]

I agree that the GPA needs to be higher and there should be a requirement for Honors classes in science and math. I don't have a problem with Algebra being the only math requirement.

Entry into the lottery still requires an application, indicating interest. It also requires meeting specific criteria. The lottery simply increases the chance for kids who come from schools that do not have the same after school options or cultures/opportunities of tutoring or extra STEM classes to be selected. It decreases the need to pad your application to attend. It also will bolster interested kids chances of attending High School with kids from their base school or neighborhood. That should make it a more attractive possibility for kids from schools that are under represented.

I am guessing that they are not going to let lottery spaces go to waste, if there are not 70 kids who meet the requirements from a given region, I would assume that they will have a second lottery for all the applicants who did not get in from across FCPS. I also assume that they will develop a wait list based on the lottery so that if kids who are selected choose not to attend, spots open up for other kids.

I suppose that families who are desperate to increase their odds of attending TJ can move to the school zones where there are fewer kids traditionally applying to TJ in order to increase their chances of attending. That would help improve some of those schools by spreading the uber driven kids from the 2 or 3 schools they are at now and sharing the wealth around the county.  [/quote]

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