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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A neighbor whose child graduated from TJ about ten years ago told me that a previous principal was "pushed out" for enforcing consequences for a group of kids who were cheating. At a meeting, she didn't identify the kids but apparently mentioned their ethnic background in passing and ended up retiring early. So, I wonder if that is a reason that the administration hasn't reacted strongly to cheating.

I found these articles that give more background about it:

https://www.washingtonian.com/2006/09/01/thomas-jefferson-high-school-interview-with-principal-elizabeth-lodal/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2006/05/03/va-principal-issues-apology-for-remarks-span-classbankheadlinking-ethnicity-and-cheating-was-wrong-fairfax-leader-saysspan/01cfcf99-d02f-4c11-b68e-e4997cf6d972/?utm_term=.d6ab75351222[/quote]

Clearly, she grew up in another era where a privileged group had it all, and couldn't accept the improvements made by smart minorities, so she tried to lump everyone together for the mistakes done by a few. [/quote]

You completely missed the point here. That is not what she did, she referred to specific students who had cheated and her remarks were taken out of context by some parents. Read the articles again.

It's possible teachers and admins at TJ don't get enough support from parents to end cheating. There's someone on this thread who is trying to blame the teachers for kids cheating. SMH
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