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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought quotas were unconstitutional?[/quote]

It’s complicated.

With the caveat that I have not seen the FCPS exact phrasing— quotas are generally unconstitutional.  But, in holistic admissions, like AAP, URM status as a “plus factor”— one consideration out of several— is okay.   And targets or goals that might or might not be reached are fine.  So, if FCPS is trying to put systems in place to help reach enrollment goals for URMs, it could be fine.  Especially if the goals are aspirational, rather than actual quotas.  “We hope that there will be enough qualified URMs” is different than “we will take unqualified URMs is we must to hit a certain number.  It’s like Harvard aggressively recruiting URMs and giving URM status special weight. Fine, as long as being a URM is not the deciding factor.

But— a lot of this law is in the context of college admissions, where there a set number of seats.  AAP is different, because every qualified kid is supposed to be admitted.  Unlike Harvard, a URM getting admission does not take a seat from some other, possibly more qualified kid. Your UMC white kid will still be admitted, whether or not the YS model is used to identify additional URM kids. So, I would think FCPS would get additional flexibility. [/quote]

Quotas will discriminate against asian kids, period.

You do know there are non-Asian kids who can get in but opt not to go to TJ because they call it China-town right? Totally racist and not accurate, but it is a thing. My point is the demographics of TJ fall into a chicken egg scenario at this point. Many Asians want to go because "that's where Asians go" and many non-Asians who can get in chose not to go because "that's where Asians go"
This quota requirement will result in asian kids with scores in the 130 to 135 range being left out of AAP, while kids of other races with scores in the 110s to 130 range are accepted.

It is completely racist.[/quote] I think it is racist to say Asian kids are smarter. [/quote]
Check out TJ’s demographics and see for yourself[/quote][/quote]

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