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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, my Asian son has a better chance of getting into TJ with the new system than the old system. He will make a 3.5 gpa, but probably won't get 98 or 99 percentile on tests. We also fall into a less competitive school system. I still want to keep the original merit process intact. I want to make sure that if he gets in, it is because he is smart enough to be there and not because of some lottery.[/quote]

100% this. Board members are a bit naive. What are they going to do when it turns out that this new system designed to capture more URM just ends up giving better odds to white and Asian students who attend school in the less affluent areas? 
Even if it dies out a few more URM in the pool with the idea of drawing from the five different areas (and this limiting admission from formerly powerhouse TJ feeders like Longfellow and Cooper), I’m not buying that selection will actually be conducted by lottery of those in the qualified pool. They may have that intention now, but they aren’t prepared for this method to fail to achieve equity of outcome in the process, so they will be forced to further rig it. I’m saying it here first: the “lottery” will be conducted behind closed doors so that they are certain that the correct demographics are selected. This seems to be the only way to achieve the racial parity they are seeking. [/quote]

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