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[quote=Anonymous]For all the rhetoric spewing from both sides of this clusterf$&k, what’s been lost is the positive impact the TJ PTA has had on the students. TJ will lose its charter and it’s very likely FCPS will step in and dictate how any parent run entity must operate, if at all.   The admissions process will not change, nor will FCPS back off curriculum expectations.  So great job screwing it up for the students. I’m happy to see the adults’ political agendas are having the desired outcomes.

As an aside, as the parent of a white male student hailing from the southeast corner of the county and graduated several years ago, it’s amazing how the racial equity debate is lost on our neighbors from the wealthier northwestern communities.  The discussion always comes back to the same BS trope that it’s unfair to Asian students because they work harder and are, therefore more deserving of THEIR TS spot.  Has anyone conducted an audit of how much personnel money is invested in prep tests or compared the PTA budget at Rachel Carson vs Carl Sandberg middle schools?  Why are black and brown kids not getting into TJ? Maybe because they come from homes and base schools that don’t have unlimited financial resources to prepare them to take a test. Maybe they attend schools that worry about feeding their students and maintaining an acceptable attendance rate. Does it make kids from those schools less capable or is it simply they’re not on an equal footing because they can’t afford to live in the wealthy sections of the county and access to resources is limited.  This argument isn’t about race; it’s about wealth distribution. Nobody wants to lose their spot to a poor kid from the wrong side of the county. [/quote]

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