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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]25% low income? Oof, this is going to shift the schools budget  from academics to social and welfare needs, you want to avoid schools with farms in the double digits.[/quote]

There is definitely truth to this. It's unavoidable. They have to provide all those supports at school. That takes time and money.  [/quote]

Yep.  And TJ, like most successful high schools both public and private, has long benefitted from very involved parent volunteers.  Low income families are less likely to be able to provide that.  [b]Though I wonder if this number is artificially influenced by the fact that during covid ALL kids were eligible for FARMS[/b], so some applicants may have checked that box following the letter but not spirit of the question...[/quote]

No, they were not. Free lunches were provided to all, but "eligible for FARMS" is a specific term. By implying that these kids were cheating the system, you are implicitly saying that you do not believe a FARMS-eligible child could be admitted. That's actually pretty problematic. [/quote]

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