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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Percent total of Asians will obviously go down, mathematically, because there are many middle schools where there are very few Asians. If more Asians moved to other middle schools instead of primarily concentrating in Rocky Run, Carson, and Cooper, then the Asian percentage will go up again.[/quote]

Replace "Asians" in your quote with some other races and swap out the school names and then maybe you'll understand how not race-blind the change is.  Well, other than the fact that you are choosing to not understand and throwing out statements like this one is the best you can do.

I don't care either way - no interest in sending any of my kids to TJ.  But to pretend this change didn't have an agenda they can't admit publicly is asinine.[/quote]

The changes absolutely had an agenda that they have been very public about admitting - FCPS wanted to open access to TJ to students from all schools within the catchment area and to students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds.

The impact of this has been that now, pretty much any sufficiently motivated student can dream about attending TJ regardless of whether or not they were selected for AAP or ended up within a narrow range or schools.

And the school is fairly obviously better off for it.[/quote]
Actually, it just shows that their own processes in advanced academics are failing to lift up URMs, so they just resorted to giving spots away. It’s pretty much proof that the county can’t close the achievement gap.[/quote]

Bring AAP services to all FCPS schools and that will take care of this issue. Can we all agree on that?[/quote]

Currently, LLIV is rolling out to every elementary school.  Before that, every student was evaluated for Level IV at every FCPS school and, if admitted, provided transportation to a center school.

We are agreed.  [/quote]

The problem is from [b]the parents who wanted their kids to focus more on sports and let the Ipads take care of their kids rather than spending time teaching their kids. Now, these parents demand better chances of being admitted to a STEM school for their children[/b] than those for kids of families, most are middle-income first-gen immigrants, who always prioritize education and hard work. Although the current admissions process is supporting that demand, it cannot change a child's learning habit and fix many years of parents' negligence. 
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Where on earth did you get the idea that your "sports families" were the driver of the change in TJ admissions?  That's silly.  And wrong.[/quote]

DP - it's pretty simple. They are using Black kids as the boogeyman for everything they're upset with in this case, and in their mind, black kids = sports families.

It's evidence of an uninformed and frankly racist broad worldview, which unfortunately is not that uncommon in this area.[/quote]
"*African-American or Black Students Receive the Greatest Share of Athletic Scholarships among Minority Students*
Among minority students enrolled in Bachelor’s degree programs, African-American or Black students receive a greater number of athletic scholarships (22.8% in 2007-2008) as compared to other minority groups of students including Asian and Hispanic students. Asian students receive the lowest number of athletic scholarships, 0.1% in 2007-2008. "[/quote]

Thanks for demonstrating why we need more anti-racist conversations in FCPS. 
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Much like the comments about Asians in these threads. [/quote]

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