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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][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TJ's racist policy that your tax dollars is defending cut the Asian entry by half

https://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2022/04/fairfax-co-schools-defends-admissions-policy-at-thomas-jefferson-hs/[/quote]

“By half”? Guess you’re not so good with numbers?

Recap of admission #s from 2024 to 2025:
+64 overall

+50 female
+14 male

+46 hispanic +242%
+37 white +26%
+29 black +245%
+8 other/mixed +26%
-56 asian -26%

+142 from underrepresented MSs
-36 private school
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And despite that TJ is still over 50% Asian right?[/quote]

Yup. Headline: Group That Is Over-Represented Threefold Thinks It’s Racist That They’re No Longer Over-Represented Four-Fold[/quote]

+1 And something must be done about this![/quote]

Keep going.  This "racial balancing" motivation is what is being questioned by the court.  You can have a great outcome but if the process to get there is not constitutional then it does not matter.  But keep going.  You guys dont care how unfair/unconstitutional a process is as long as it gets your goals.[/quote]

People have *repeatedly* pointed out that the approach sucked but the outcome is a step in the right direction.

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People have *repeatedly* pointed out that ends do not justify the means in any modern democracy.  If that does not sink in from a constitutional perspective, let me give you something you can relate to.

Even if you catch a murderer red-handed and dont follow due process like reading the Miranda rights, you will not get the conviction.

There are many on this forum who are on board with increasing diversity at TJ but you have to do it the right way. [/quote]

What is the right way to increase diversity at TJ? [/quote]

There are enough ideas that have been thrown around including prior pages on this thread.

A good place to start would be for the School Board to formally apologize for Braband's "pay to play" innuendos and reach out to the impacted communities (Asians as well as the school districts that have been impacted) and try to tap down the adversarial nature of the dialog.

Most people (yes, Asians included) care for diversity and would listen.  But all we see is liberal use of innuendos that Asians are cheats and resource hoarders.  That does not create an environment where you get any moderate to collaborate.  Solutions have been found for many more intractable problems.  It needs leadership and we have none of that at FCPS.

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So the right way is to do nothing and pretend there is no problem? Oh, and listen, but only if it isn't accompanied by action. [/quote]

Absolutely, you need action. You need to set reasonable timelines (2 years may be) and reach out to all impacted folks.  Given the amount of discussion this "Change" has triggered (including on this board) and the fact that the Supreme Court has taken notice - the inadequacy of the process that Braband and his political cronies conducted is in full view.

Instead of running models that showed racial yields, they could have run models on how schools like Mclean would have been impacted.  They could have addressed all of this one go to make change palatable to the impacted parties.  You would never get everyone on board but you would show you care.  The school board leveraged their 12-0 mandate to take a shot at political glory.  And are now entrenched in their position because their careers are on the line and even a minor concession will likely be against their legal strategy.  All of us eff-up at work sometimes.  I have greater respect for those that own up to it and move on. Not this school board. [/quote]

I'm going to translate these two paragraphs for you:

1. You need to set reasonable timelines so that either my child isn't affected or so that I have enough time as a parent to adjust my strategy to maximize my child's chances to be viewed favorably by the admissions committee.

2. I'm going to pretend as though a different process that still impacted my family's chances at admission wouldn't make me angry enough to spew vile hatred on these boards. I don't like the fact that trying to create legitimate racial diversity through race-neutral processes has been legitimized by the Supreme Court for decades - AND that it's been shown to be better for the educational environment by countless peer-reviewed academic studies - and so I'm going to pretend it's a huge problem that FCPS was open about saying that it's not okay that there haven't been hardly any Black kids at TJ. [/quote]

You have just proven my point.  Thank you.  I am not speaking you and your ilk.  You represent everything that is wrong with the situation we find ourselves in.  For the record, my family and I have nothing to gain or lose at a personal level as this issue plays out.  [/quote]

And what was your point?[/quote]

Go back and read it.  If you dont understand, dont worry about it.

Your single sentence with a question mark response to things you dont agree with is predictable and  boring.  Try something else. [/quote]

Or you didn't have a point and you're mad that you got called out so you're pretending to have no skin in the game to appear divested from the situation.[/quote]

“The problem with evil people is that they can see only evil in others. It is one of the worst curses of being evil, that you can no longer experience good. ”
― Michael Gruber, The Book of Air and Shadows[/quote]

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