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[quote=Anonymous]Not in ACPS, but I do not get why ACPS parents do not make a stand before the SB and get the TJ ban changed. It seems  a terrible policy move. It ends up not costing ACPS much money-- maybe $2,000-$3,000 more per pupil, after the state governors school transfer. Should be no busing issue, because TJ is right there, unlike PWCS. And it encourages smart motivated kids to stick with public MS and ES, and stay in ACPS, rather than fleeing to FCPS and APS.  Plus, the kids who stay and try to get into TJ push themselves with academics and extracurriculars to get in.   And if ACPS plays it cards right, like FCPS and ACPS, most of the 80% of the kids not admitted stay in at TC with their peer group.  Chantilly has become such a strong HS in FCPS precisely because so many kids apply from that area of the county, and are not accepted, but do not flee to privates.

What am I missing?

I have a kid a TJ, so the people I know are obviously self selecting. But I do know several people who moved out of ACPS or never moved in because of the TJ issue. From the outside looking in, it seems like ACPS is cutting of its nose to spite its face.  If it has, say, 10 spots a year (IDK the number it used to have), it may give up 10 bright kids. But, it looks like they are losing those kids anyway, because parents move for TJ. Plus, it loses some of the 40 bright, motivated kids a year, whose parents are chose not be be in ACPS so the  kids can apply.  People know TJ, know that admissions is subjective. Many of kids who have applied to TJ and not been admitted are every bit as smart and motivated as the kids admitted. are An extra 160 of those kids TC seems like a win.[/quote]

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