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PP. how would you even do that? Two separate admissions processes? Or an illegal quota?[/quote]

yes, two separate admission processes. One for merit. One for diversity. Don't mess up. [/quote]

This makes ‘no sense’ because parents just buy ‘insider information’ to the test questions… which defeats the purpose of an entrance test [/quote]

Stop this test is ok. It's not ok to use unweighted GPA. It is not ok to drop the teacher's recommendation letter. It's not ok to put AAP center school in such a disadvantaged situation. The new admission doesn't want the real strong kids to get into TJ.

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There is no way to determine who is the "most gifted."  The kids who are there now from other admissions processes are undoubtedly smart, but there is not a perfect way to determine this.  As a taxpayer, I am much more comfortable with the new process, which requires that kids from around the county have a better chance, is more equitable and less likely to be gamed.  I think endlessly prepping kids for a test is borderline abusive -- not honoring the whole child -- and if the new process mitigates this, I think it will make for healthier kids and families.

The school board has decided that broader access is more important than identifying a class of the absolute strongest/most gifted students (even assuming that would be possible).  If they can do it in a legal (non-racially discriminatory way), will you accept that decision?  If they win the court case, will you let it go?  If they make whatever change the court requires to make it non-racially discriminatory will you accept that?  For example, if all they did was require seats be set aside for each middle school and those seats be filled without considering the race or gender of the students, would you be OK with that?    [/quote]

whether I accept or not, doesn't matter, the question is whether the community wants TJ as a school for the most gifted. You do realize that the academic quality of a school is directly related to its selection process, don't you? TJ is TJ because of the quality of the cohort. MIT is MIT because of the quality of the cohort. Yeah. the curriculum and instructors are important but it starts with the cohort. I would say 75% of the succes is due to quality of cohort. [/quote][/quote]

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