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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]The hearing regarding the emergency stay request is Friday 3/11 at 10am

Below is the link to the brief filed by plaintiffs opposing the stay

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.505154/gov.uscourts.vaed.505154.148.0.pdf[/quote]

I stopped reading when PLF made the argument that the Admissions Office was free to use the previous admissions process to select students instead of developing a new process. They plainly are not as two of the exams that were previously used no longer exist and developing a plan for assessing the Quant-Q, using it to cull a list of semifinalists, and then gathering teacher recommendations would almost certainly drive the process well into the fall.

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I actually love the idea of transitioning TJ to a 10th-12th or even 11th-12th grade school.  There are virtually no classes that freshman or sophomores take that are not offered at the base schools.

Just do not seat the class of 2026 until next year.  Expand the other classes if needed using PSATs/GPAs.

Done, simple. [/quote]

This is an idea what should at least be discussed by the school board.  It would help solve the problem that there are waaay more kids interested and qualified for the advanced TJ courses than there are current slots.  [/quote]

Nope. TJ is a full-service high school. Eliminating freshmen from the environment would have devastating effects on all of their non-STEM programs. Additionally, if you know ANYTHING about TJ, you know that the freshman year is absolutely crucial for students to adjust to the environment and the level of rigor.

What you have here is folks panicking that their actions are going to result in a lottery and end up harming their kids in the process when in reality, the new admissions process didn't have an enormous impact on their kids.[/quote]

The primary mission of TJ is education.  Education is delivered from course work. The freshman classes could ALL be delivered at the base schools. Extracurriculars can be done outside of school hours.

This is an idea that should be on the table if FCPS loses the emergency stay order.

The school board really should have had the courage to completely rethink TJ instead of just focusing on the admissions process.  Now, the Spring of 2022 is another opportunity to do so.

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You can deliver courses with the same titles (except RS1, I suppose) but you simply cannot replace taking those courses with TJ teachers as part of the TJ sequence.

Trying to die on this hill proves that you literally don't understand TJ at all.[/quote]

Or that they just have a different conception of what TJ could be compared to what it is today, and that you apparently feel iS tHe OnLy pOsSsSsIbLe RiGhT aNsWeR!!!1!111!!!![/quote]

..... it's a high school, not a program. The school works as it is - why change it? The only thing that needs to change is the level of access that certain underrepresented groups have to it. The school has been working on decoupling workload with rigor, and that was the primary issue with it.

This really isn't that complicated.[/quote]

I'm not sure it really does work that well. I've read it's become a highly toxic environment.[/quote]

It’s not a toxic environment because of the nature of the school or its programming. While TJ is a STEM-focused high school, it is a full-service environment offering the students to shine in all of the same areas that a traditional high school would.

It has been toxic because its previous admissions process admitted too many students with the same profiles and the same ambitions.[/quote]

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