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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone on this page should follow the discussion on Progressives gone wild in San Francisco and the blowback from "regular" Dems (SFO is overwhelmingly dem and has recalled 3 progressive school board members and a progressive DA)

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1063188.page

Our School Board should see the writing on the wall and quit.

Most people are sick on virtue signaling that is eating away at community values  [/quote]

One value our community has is providing educational resources for the community. Not just a handful of wealthy middle schools. 
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You obviously hate Carson, Longfellow, Cooper, and Rocky Run MS, so you think capping the number of TJ students from those schools will stick it to the "wealthy middle schools."

Instead, it will just make Langley, McLean, Oakton, and Chantilly HS more attractive, as education-focused parents hedge their bets by moving into those pyramids.

And the students at schools like Annandale, Lewis, Justice, and Mount Vernon who would have been role models at those schools?  They'll more likely be at TJ instead - which over time will become more like an AAP program at the HS level.

This is what happens when you equate "educational resources" with enrollment at a single HS in a system with 25 high or secondary schools.  It's the law of unintended consequences.  [/quote]

I don't "hate" any middle school and I don't think anyone is trying to "stick it to" anyone. It's not about you.

Our community would love to see less opportunity hoarding by a small group of parents who have figured out the specific steps required to game the system and the community would love to increase access for more of the community. 
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We can agree that we do not want opportunity hoarding by a small group of parents who have figured out how to game the system.  The previous system was broken.

The "reform" unfortunately excludes truly deserving kids from feeder schools with parents who are all on the straight and the narrow.  They have approached the admissions process the way it should be approached but there is no way for them to succeed.  And that is nota acceptable.  The School Board is throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

Any time a concerned parent tries to speak up, they are drowned out by chants that all preppers are cheats.  And that is the crux of the issue.

This is not an issue between preppers/gamers at the feeder schools and the under-represented schools.  That is an easy one to resolve.

This is an issue between the truly deserving STEM students at feeder schools and the process that does not give them an opportunity.  These kids also come from tax paying households and deserve a fair shake.  [/quote]

I am so glad someone actually gets it. I understand that old system is broken and needs to be fixed. But, it is fixed in a wrong way. Now the so called preppers realized how much of a weightage essays have and are getting their kids prepared for essays with exclusive classes, one-on-one writing coaches etc. When it comes to TJ, I would rather have people prepare for math/science than essays. Also, when you see center kids with perfect or near perfect grades, 5 to 6 stem electives, lots of participation both school sponsored (and outside?) stem activities/achievements don't get selected while random kids who neither have grades, nor the advanced math (at the center, even being in AAP) or any stem interest to show for get selected, you know the system is broken to the point that its depressing to the kids. You can argue all you want about public schools need to be provided for everyone, which no one denies, but you need to understand that the new system, for whatever the merits its supposed to have is not working as expected and sacrificed the talent in the name diversity, which was never really achieved to begin with. There is some poster (on this thread or other) who provided a 10 or 11 point selection criteria which should alleviate everybody's concerns and if a random poster can come up with such a comprehensive list in few min, how come the fcps board, with all its merits can come up with such a dumb process with full of holes from the very start and even some of their own members had concerns. Sorry for the rant!

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