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That isn't accurate. The changes were done to give all students a fair chance not just those whose parents spend $10k on prep classes.[/quote]
Wasn't that already accomplished by the 1.5% per school quota?  Did they also need to completely gut the application in a way that makes it impossible to distinguish between academic outliers and merely above average kids?  [/quote]

They did not need to gut it, but by doing so, they decreased the ability to distinguish between high ceiling applicants. I can only assume that they did so to ensure future TJ classes are less competitive as a whole, which means that kids who get in but who were not particular STEM standouts will have a less chance to fail once they are there. Reading between the lines, they are strategically covering their butt in case the diversity they engineered backfires later (with respect to more kids not being able to keep up, or going back to base school). Basically in their eyes TJ is too competitive and should be toned down a bit, and the simplest way to do that (other than a lottery) is to just remove stringent admission requirements. [/quote] you raise  very good points, but SB is not that smart and they don't care at all what will happen to TJ down the road. There is no accountability. Their true motivation is personal -immediate political points, as was clearly evident in the TJ papers released as part of the lawsuit[/quote]

The "TJ papers" just revealed the indolence and casual racism of FCPS School Board members.

They are all Democrats. They knew that the members representing the districts that were sending few kids to TJ were salivating at the opportunity to deliver some old-fashioned pork-barrel politics by making sure more kids from Lee, Mason, and Mount Vernon Districts are going to TJ.  And that at least two of the at-large members (Keys Gamarra and Omeish) just want more URMs there.

So the rest basically went along for the ride, at times bemused by the antics of Brabrand and their fellow Board members, and at times willing to engage in easy anti-Asian and anti-White rhetoric because that's considered OK.

They paid little attention to the details and gave little thought to how the changes will be operationalized over the coming years.  Some didn't really understand how the middle school set-asides were intended to work, or that they would effectively penalize kids attending AAP centers who, had they known FCPS's plans, might have opted to stay at their base middle schools.

Ultimately, they just want to have pictures in June 2025 of a TJ graduation ceremony with more Black and Hispanic faces they can plaster all over FCPS's web site before they run for their next office. [b]It doesn't have much if anything to do with STEM education or selecting the most qualified students. [/b]

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And this right here is the saddest part. I wish we could hear from the teachers as to what is needed at TJ, and I hope they will be eventually be empowered to speak their mind without worrying about their jobs. They are likely the only group that discuss things unfiltered and without politics.[/quote]

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