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Honestly, what I want to see more than anything else is an increase in applications across all demographics. It's inexcusable, given the population boom in Northern Virginia over the last 20 years, that we have 20% fewer applications to TJ now than we had back then.

We would have a significantly better TJ if we had a greater applicant pool.[/quote]

Many kids who would succeed at TJ don't want to go.  They'd rather be at the top of their base high school with less effort than it would take to be in the middle of the pack at TJ.  Even if TJ were made easier, kids in the bottom half will receive worse college admission offers, and there's nothing FCPS can do to fix that.  [/quote]

And many kids who are currently at TJ don't want to go. Those kids are not at issue here. Save the deflections.[/quote]

It's not a deflection.  You and FCPS are operating on the assumption that qualified kids are not applying to TJ because they're being shut out of the process or due to racism.  I'm saying that many qualified kids have legitimate reasons for not wanting to attend TJ.  If FCPS wants a broader, more representative TJ, then they need to figure out precisely why so many qualified kids don't want to go.  It is legitimate for kids to prefer their base school for better college admissions, more time for sports/extracurriculars, no long bus ride, etc.  That's not something FCPS can or even ought to fix.

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