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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Didn't ACPS pull out of TJ?  Does anyone know why?  Genuine question-- not an ACPS bash. But, TJ is located right there and it seems like trying for TJ pushes MS kids academically.  So what was the rationale?  Or am I just wrong and ACPS does send kids?[/quote]

No, ACPS deliberately does not send kids. Doesn't want to encourage more brain drain than it already has.[/quote]

Not the case.  ACPS declined the TJ compact for numerous, good reasons -- Alex would not have been assured of any places;  Alex would have played no role in admissions;  Alex would have been on the hook to fund TJ capital expenses in which Alex would have played no role;  Alex would have been required to provide two different sets of bus services;  Alex would have been limited to a tiny fixed-cap on TJ spaces, cumulative across grade levels, such that there could be no predictability at all to TJ admissions in any given year;  Alex students would NOT have had full access to TJ facilities or resources or co-curriculars in the event of crowding or over-subscription -- essentially a pre-agreement to second-class citizenship.  The decision was reviewed three years in a row.  A super-majority of two different school boards declined TJ participation.  A different NoVa jurisdiction pulled out.  Loudon is considering doing so.

Sorry PP, but it's not a "brain drain" issue.  
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