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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is it so wrong to prepare for tests? Do they want only lazy smart kids?[/quote]

I doubt they only want lazy smart kids.  Mine always did quite well on nationally normed or standardized tests with minimum or no prep.  If anyone reads the brief there is one key point.  The brief:  https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/0a8f89b7-005e-4b54-904d-5abbe494a46e/2020_11-04_Families%20vs.%20FCPS%20Scott%20Brabrand.pdf

TJ is a Governor's School for the gifted  and under VA regs nationally normed tests are required. Technically we have NO test and it's not a school for the gifted hence NO state funding stream.  Fairfax county taxpayers provide over 3m on top of the per pupil cost for a base AP school .

Of course Virginia could change that reg and do whatever it wants to get the desired student mix at TJ.  FCPS could keep a test and lower the prior pool.  I object to the $ for the entire admissions process , the 3m, and no app fee revenue to offset the process.  Qarni tweeted this yesterday:
[i]Atif Qarni
@VASecofEdu
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23h
School segregation did not end with Brown v. Board of Ed., it evolved. Despite increasing diversity of VA’s student population, new data shows that many students can’t access benefits of diverse schools due to continued school segregation in Virginia.  https://thecommonwealthinstitute.org/2020/11/12/modern-day-school-segregation-addressing-the-lasting-impacts-of-racist-choices-on-virginias-education-system/.[/i]

I suspect that based on Qarni tweeting this document that FCPS will be redrawing boundaries based on intra-district SES and demographics [see page 15]
and some districts could be combined to achieve the goal.  Locally it could be a merge of FCCPS into FCPS.  Then there is on the same page maanged school choice.

So given the political climate these parents are wasting their money on this lawsuit.

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