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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TJHSST was opened when Fairfax was controlled by a Republican Board of Supervisors that thought a science/math magnet school would attract business to suburban office parks. It had little to do with education or meeting the unmet needs of students in the county.  The school has been incredibly divisive; increasingly excludes any non-Asian minority students; and contributes to overcrowding in neighboring pyramids.

Its primary goal is to provide tiger parents with bragging rights and to insulate some bright kids from developing the social skills needed to deal with their other peers. We now have a Democratic Board of Supervisors and School Board that, having adopted the "One Fairfax" policy, should return the school to community use. [/quote]

If One Fairfax means to dismantle one of the best test-in high schools in the country, then I'm not too impressed by One Fairfax.  I wouldn't say that TJ is divisive.  Most HS kids don't want to go to TJ, so they're not hurt by not going.[/quote]

I'm not too impressed by your facile dismissal of One Fairfax. One Fairfax warrants a bottoms-up review of whether TJ's benefits outweigh its costs and whether promotes or is an impediment to greater equity in FCPS.[/quote]

I thought One Fairfax was about more than just TJ.  I hope that TJ is only a very small part of One Fairfax, not the sole issue. [/quote]

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