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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]Have at it...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/thomas-jefferson-high-school-admissions-debate/2021/03/26/e730baf6-8c30-11eb-a730-1b4ed9656258_story.html[/quote]

Jackson said I am overlooking the fact that the portion of admitted students who are designated gifted will be less. That percentage “will decrease from the 90 percent who are in current classes under the merit-test admissions process to an estimated 60 percent under the new ‘holistic’ plan,” he said, “[b]and it will racially discriminate against Asian Americans [/b]because school officials feel that they are overrepresented.”

He (similar to many others) doesn't even address this issue. It's like, oh they will be fine in other programs.... [/quote]

It was really weird Jay Mathews did not address the discrimination against Asian Americans in his very long column. [/quote]

Maybe because there isn’t any when it comes to TJ admissions?[/quote]
Seriously. How can a school with 73% Asian-American students be discriminating against them?[/quote]

73% of any one group of people being admitted to a public school is not fair.  This does need to be addressed.  However, excluding that community from future admissions in that school using some non-transparent methods is not fair either.  After all, they also pay the same taxes that everyone else does..[/quote]

Then look at the demographics for Langley High.[/quote]

Langley's admission rules are simple... Live within the school's boundary.  TJ's rules are different.  Are you new to this area?[/quote]

Then please tell your kids to work harder, TJ will be a school for them.  It is a school for advanced kids and races should NOT be a factor here.  You belong to where you should belong.  [/quote]

This argument might hold weight if test prep centers and associated cheating scandals didn’t exist.  Since they do, it sounds fairly ridiculous,[/quote]

+1[/quote]

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