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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of the most surprising things about this thread is how much more reasonable the folks who are advocating for change are compared to the folks advocating for maintaining the status quo.

I don't really have a dog in this fight because my kid graduated from TJ years ago but it's a lot easier to side with the folks who want to make TJ more accessible to a broader demographic.[/quote]

We are OK with a lottery, if you are OK with a lottery for every sports team, government position, job opening, . . .  It's the changing of merit-based admissions only where Asians are excelling that is a big problem.
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I'm in favor of a lottery for TJ, providing that..
-The top 50-100 kids applying get in pre-lottery based on their merits.
-The remaining applicants are rated as either Qualified for TJ or Not Qualified based on something much more stringent than a 3.5 GPA and Algebra in 8th.  Over half of the kids in FCPS would meet the GPA + algebra bar, but realistically only about 10% of the kids are actually qualified for TJ.   If they had a pool of kids who are truly qualified to handle the rigor of TJ, I have no problem with them doing a lottery for the TJ spots among those qualified kids.  Heck, I have no problem with them flat out offering admissions to every single Black, Hispanic, or FARMS kid who is truly qualified for TJ, and then doing a lottery among all qualified kids for the rest of the spots.

None of this is even remotely close to what FCPS is doing.[/quote]

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