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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have they ever defined what "experience" means?

I have a first grader starting in FCPS this fall, and we've checked ESL and "multiracial" on her paperwork just because we could.  Our older child was listed as white and a native English speaker simply because we didn't think it'd matter.[/quote]

This is what will happen more and more.

People respond to incentives and “just because we could”.  This is why CRT falls apart incredibly quickly.

If you can pick what gender you are, why can’t you pick what race you are?  Or if you are ESL?  It’s ridiculous and I don’t agree with it, but people will always respond to incentives and policy makers are short sighted to think they can slice and dice without people changing how they classify their children.  [/quote]

policy makers took into account unethical practices by families gaming admission, but didn't realize just how low they will sink? [/quote]

Working to enhance the chances of your kids gaining admission to a school that offers unique opportunities is unethical?

You are such a hateful bunch.  Communism failed, and so too will your delusional attempts at social engineering. [/quote]

So we're calling prep social engineering now? Sure, I guess that fits if it's a way to game admissions.[/quote]

The "prep" lady is lying again. Repeat after me "FCPS did not set out to fix a 'prep' problem for TJ". FCPS went out to address a racial makeup problem of TJ. It had nothing to do with "prep". Do you work for FCPS to post this red herring everyday?

The only major gaming-admission scandal backed up by evidence is committed largely by white people. Rick Singer is white. His hired SAT test taker is white. His clients are mostly white. No one believes your slander to TJ students and their families other than racists.[/quote]

Well in a sense, when FCPS decided it will value membership in the FARMS category for the purposes of TJ admission, the silent assumption is that the family cannot afford prep classes. So, by favoring FARMS kids, they are favoring those who are assumed to have had no prep.

It would be really interesting to contrast TJ with Stuyvesant, a NYC magnet school that is something like 80% Asian and attracts similar wrath from the equity advocates.  Stuyvesant's saving grace is that while it is majority Asian, these Asians happen to be 50% below poverty level.  But watch this space, there will soon be another reason why a poor Asian kid is privileged compared to a poor Black kid.[/quote]

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