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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]More from Vern Williams - sorry I just read this and had to share:

"During my forty-plus years as an FCPS teacher I always made clear that I would never view my students through a racial or cultural lens. I am part of the old school crowd who still believes, as did Martin Luther King, that one should be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. The “One Fairfax” doctrine seems to suggest the opposite view. I sense that changing the TJ Admissions process is only the beginning. Every program for advanced/gifted students ranging from AP participation to AAP will be viewed through a racial lens instead of an academic/readiness lens. I feel that they will be diluted to the point of non-existence."
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Williams lost me when he claimed TJ was built for its current test-in students.  It was not.  It was built for students living in Alexandria, Annandale and Falls Church in 1964.  The school was then taken away from the community for which it was built at the whims of a Republican-controlled county government in the mid-1980s, and FCPS has been dealing with the fallout ever since.

He can solve all the proofs he wants, but he can't rewrite history. [/quote]

And as a way of saying to tech companies and the like that Fairfax was open fer bidness.

What is this misinformation? TJ was established in 1985 to provide a specialized education for the students of Fairfax County. [/quote][/quote]

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