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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Scott Brabrand and the FCPS board would have been fired had they worked for Georgetown Law. They openly discriminated against one racial group.[/quote]

Basically any change in policy that doesn't preserve or increase TJ's Asian population will be viewed as antiAsian.  I am all for opening up TJ admissions so a broader group of students are given a opportunity to excel in STEM.  I think a 3.5 with each middle school getting a certain number of slots is an excellent idea.  Despite being a race neutral standard, of course it will change the racial composition of the school.  I think it's great to encourage kids from all backgrounds to purse STEM careers.  It can't be that FCPS can never decide to adjust TJ admissions standards in anyway that might affect the number of Asians.  Given the current makeup of TJ, that's impossible outside of keeping a system that can be easily gamed by those with want to cheat, even if only a small number of people.[/quote]

The middle school quota system is already being gamed this school year. Beyond easy during DL. Families have gotten a different address through various means (renting, buying investment property, address of friend).  I hope that the TJ admissions staff verifies that the child is actually living at the address, but that will never happen. The child does not even have to be in Fairfax County, Virginia or the US to apply this year. They only need an address and a VPN to make it look like they are logging in from Fairfax County.   [/quote]

If you're a public school student, this isn't going to work. The TJ Admissions Office is going to have their actual residential data from the school that they attend through liaising with their Student Services office - you have to live within center boundaries to attend those AAP centers. If those are mismatched, it will be a huge red flag and may very well disqualify the student.

Only way this would have actually worked is to switch schools, and there is little evidence of a mass flight from Carson or Longfellow to say, Twain or Sandburg. That hasn't happened. What is most likely is that a lot of families just gamed their way right out of the process.[/quote]

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