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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Paying tuition at TJHSST is a ridiculous expense. I had no idea we pay tuition to send kids to a governor’s school.  [/quote]

So you'd rather pay more to educate them in Arlington? And not offer them the best education available at the country's top public high school?
You had no idea....so do a little more investigating about the why's and possible benefits before you jump to a conclusion.  And NO - Arlington Tech is NOT the same as the TJHSST program.

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I always hear TJ parents making this argument, but it doesn't make sense. APS doesn't expend the exact same amount of money on every kid in the system. Some kids need a lot more supports and cost the county more to educate. Other kids need less. The types of kids who get into TJ are likely not the kids getting extensive SPED, ELL, and other academic supports and probably cost less to educate than the "average" APS student. If APS can absorb those 100 TJ students back into APS high schools and put the extra money towards better advanced math and science programming that is accessible to all APS students, then I wouldn't be upset about APS pulling out of TJ. There are far more kids in APS who need access to better math and science instruction than there are Arlington spots to TJ. [/quote]

EL and SPED supports are bolstered by federal funds. I’m an EL teacher and my salary comes from Title III. As far as I know APS funds are distributed per student regardless of need. [/quote]

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