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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They should still allow 20% of the students from each region. They can do it using the application process but each region in FCPS should receive 20% of the slots.[/quote]

It’s not good enough for the School Board members who know some pyramids within a region have stronger students than others. [/quote]

Something has to give.  This is a lot better than a lottery.

But it all starts in elementary school - that is where the resources should be spent.

There is a fight for the really talented URMs by the time you get to high school - regional privates, boarding schools, etc.  If they are talented and financially constrained, they can go to these schools for free.  They are much better represented in those schools.  [/quote]

You all are ignoring the other elephant.

The culture of the school needs to be fixed. A change in admissions to a lottery would accomplish this. If not a lottery, then a different change will be needed.[/quote]

I have a STEM background.  I do not have children at TJ, but I am lucky to have passed paths with many TJ graduates, who went to IVY league schools or MIT.  Just like the student body, most are Asian, but some are White, and one was AA.  I have worked day to day with them during and after college.  They are a good bunch and work hard.  Perhaps, only the good and only those who work hard make it to me, but that is the sample I have gotten to work with.  So there is that.

I do find it troublesome to hear about anecdotes about the school.  Perhaps it is bad apples, perhaps it is more systematic.  Or perhaps things have gotten worse in the past couple of years.  Whatever it is, it would be good to address these problems in a targeted fashion instead of a lottery.  At least to me, I have found that many TJ students are solid contributors to society and the STEM profession.  They are also of integrity and highly intelligent.   [/quote]

Agreed ..
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