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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The school will now be more for students who don’t look at it as a prize to win, but who actually have an interest in STEM.  It won’t be comprised of students who prepped for an admissions process, but rather who are simply good students. It will definitely be more attractive to more URMs and more people in general as a result.

It won’t ruin the school, the schools already been ruined. This is a last chance effort to save it. [/quote]

This is an interesting perspective. And I’m not saying it’s wrong. 
I think whether or not the school has been “ruined” depends on what your view is as to its purpose to begin with. If its existence is aimed at fostering a rigorous STEM learning program to those who were high-achieving and showed high-interest in STEM then I think you’re correct.
If it’s meant to be the flagship “crown jewel” of FCPS that houses only the top of the top kids in academic performance, then yeah—the school board has “ruined” this (Or at least sacrificed its reputation, which is what consistently lands it at the top of the list in nationwide high school rankings) in favor of admissions outcome equity.
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Its purpose "to begin with" was to keep a school open that otherwise might have been closed in mid-80s due to declining enrollment and to help market suburban office parks to defense contractors.

Every later definition of TJ's "purpose" has been an after-the-fact exercise to support the argument that the kids currently attending TJ are the ones who most belong there.

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