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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]0.6%, <1%, of the class of 2024 came from a low-income family.

They wanted to eliminate the inequitable admissions process.

And look who benefited the most - Asian students from low-income families.  [/quote]

They wanted to balance race.  This is clear from the email and text traffic between the FCPS board members.  And in the process...

Asian admissions dropped even as the class size grew larger.
White admissions rose the most.

Between the last year under the old system and the most recent class:
white admissions rose by 54 (more than all other racial groups combined)
black admissions rose by 12
hispanic admissiosns rose by 25
multiracial rose by 7
asian admissions dropped by 40

To be fair the county is mostly white so [b]if are trying to be more representative of the county[/b] you are going to get more white kids.  
But you are selecting for race not merit.[/quote]
should it be more representative of the demographic makeup of the county or the applications?  If 95% of the applications for varsity ice hockey team are white students, or if 95% of the applications to high school basketball team are black students, or if 95% of the applications to math counts team are asian students, should the selected make-up in each of those teams still be based on county racial composition?  
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If they did it based on applications, that would lower the current # of Asian students, as they are admitted at a higher rate than average. [/quote]

It roughly approximates the applicant pool.
Most of the applicant pool is asian.

I haven't been able to find data on the applicant pool for more recent years but the first year after the change,:
Asians were 51% of the pool and 54% of admitted students
Blacks were 9% of the pool and 7% of the admitted students
Hispanics were 10% of the pool and 11% of admitted students
Whites were 24% of the pool and 22% of admitted students
Multiracial were 7% of the pool and 5 % of admitted students

The year before change:
Asians 56% of the pool and 73% of admitted students
Blacks were 6% of the pool and 2% of admitted students
Hispanics were 8% of the pool and 3% of admitted students
Whites were 23% of the pool and 18% of admitted students
Multiracial were 6% of the pool and 6% of admitted students

This process was driven by a desire to create racial balance at TJ.[/quote]

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