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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the lack of diversity at TJ is an indictment if the entire AAP pipeline in FCPS, and it can’t be solved through the TJ admission’s process.  There’s another thread here about just how uncommitted the FCPS PTB are to AAP, and it’s just exacerbating the diversity problem. I say this as an AAP parent, with a kid that is actually gifted, and isn’t being served well by the current system.  I believe in it, I just don’t think FCPS does, or we’d see a more diverse set of kids rise up through the ranks.  It’s all on the parents as it is, and that’s why we see the results we do.[/quote]

There should be one test on one day for all say 1st graders.  It should be limited to say the top 1-2% max  No appeals etc.  If its 100% asian or 100% black who cares.[/quote]

Kids shouldn't be tracked starting in first grade.  My kids attend title I schools and they were academically way ahead of their classmates starting in K because of the academic exposure I gave them prior to K.  Lower SES students shouldn't be excluded from access to advanced academics before many have even been exposed to academic enrichment.  These repetitive threads of TJ parents demanding to keep TJ the way it is because URM kids are unqualified for a public school program (basically compared to kids who have had extensive, costly outside academic enrichment) have made me realize that public schools should focus on making academic opportunities available to all segments of the communities they serve.  If you want a special super competitive high school that only caters to a certain type of student then you should have to go private.  [/quote]

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