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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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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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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unless they bring back bussing, Langley will stay defacto segregated as well as the best high school in the county. [/quote]

Solving the Langley issue is beyond easy.  All of the apartments in Tysons that are currently zoned for Spring Hill/Longfellow/McLean just switch to Spring Hill/Cooper/Langley.

Virtually the entire middle/low income population at Spring Hill comes from the apartments in Tysons.  It would make sense to keep the kids together K-12 and would also solve the overcrowding at McLean.

Also, Langley wants to have a bigger student body!  There are activities that are slowly dying because there are not enough kids!  I think the hand wringing over Langley is being created by TJ parents that want to shift the spotlight.  It’s very strange and redoing the Langley boundaries has broad support.  The real reason that it has not already happened is that Cooper just started a renovation, so the county decided to redo the process to align MS and HS.  It was super annoying since they had already held so many meetings, but that is FCPS for you.  [/quote]

If you don’t believe me that Cooper/Longfellow is the bottleneck, go and look at the March 9th School Board meeting.   [/quote]

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