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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only thing that makes sense is second TJ. Specializing in an industry is ridiculous. Would they really do something so bizarre? I live basically next door to this school and have a 9th grader next year. I’d like it to be a TJ- I didn’t send any of my kids to TJ due to the insane commute. This would pull from all local HS easing enrollment more uniformly.   As a regular high school it’s pretty small.[/quote]

I don't think there's any reason to believe the state would approve a second STEM-oriented regional Governor's School in the same county.  Another "TJ-like" Governor's School would likely be approved in Loudoun first.  [/quote]

APS sends some students to TJ and APS also has “Arlington Tech” which is an STEM option school (academic, not vocational).  Arlington Tech is not a Governor’s School.  The two schools are slightly different educational paths, both STEM, and both are good.  Having both creates more seats and more options for STEM-oriented students.  LCPS already has a similar option program to this.

Not advocating, but FCPS has the power to make the new HS a STEM school *without it being a Governor’s School*, following Arlington Tech as an example.  If they focused on Aviation-related topics and Physics, but downplayed Chem/Bio, they would get more engineering oriented students (and would have fewer pre-Med students crowding out the would-be engineers and scientists; one of TJ’s secrets is that a lot of students are not really interested in STEM — only are interested in pre-Med/pre-Dental).[/quote]

Arlington Tech is indeed a Governor's STEM Academy:

https://arlingtontech.apsva.us/about-arlington-tech/[/quote]

But a “Governor’s Academy” is not a “Governor’s School”. The differences seem subtle, but both legally and in practice it is not the same category as TJ.  VA DoEd web site has gory details on the differences if anyone wants to know more.[/quote]

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