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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If someone wanted to change TJ's name, the might have brought it up before the enormous remodel of the school with the dome/ Montacello replica.  Just saying. TJ is not a name change. It would be another remodel.

Two other things:  TJ kids all take AP history. They have a handle on the good and bad aspects of Jefferson.  And TJ's mission statement is about how Jefferson was a rennaissance man, and he was ahead of his time in science in math.  But, he also contributed in the humanities, and TJ kids are expected to not get a STEM education at the expense of the humanities. As a results, TJ kids must take 3 years of a foreign language, AP English, and at least 1 AP history (almost all take 2 or more), in addition to a heavy STEm load.  So, Thomas Jefferson isn't just a name of TJ. It's an educational philosophy.

Check out the mission statement:

https://tjhsst.edu/abouttj/mission/index.html

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+1. Thank you for pointing out what this would take and also the complexities of the person.[/quote]

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