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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok so this is really I Hate Youngkin thread that OP started.

Ok half a year down and 3.5 to go. If he is lucky at least one thing he campaigned on besides masks will actually be passed in that time frame. And while he might make headway on charter schools, don’t worry, parents in Alex and Arl can still continue to send their kids to sub par schools for years. Especially Alexandria. My kid was in K when they started the whole we need a new high school! Now my kid is in high school - new. high school is not even close LOL![/quote]

Given what a complete disaster the democrats have been in running NOVA schools, no one can blame any Virginia parent for voting R last election.

The thing is:  Virginia democrats seemed to have learned nothing from the last election.

Just look at OP, who created a thread just to defend CRT and CRT-like indoctrination in local public schools.

You go right on doing what your doing, OP.

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The issue wasn't so much CRT but changes in policy like TJ admission, where the BOE got rid of loopholes that some were using to game admission. This was apparently unpopular with some groups because it provided admission for more low-income and students of color . Hard to believe this is still true in 2022 but it does.  :( [/quote]

Loopholes?  That's a weird way of framing it.  The median incoming TJ student was taking geometry in 8th grade and had a 4.0 GPA.  Incoming classes generally averaged a 3.9 GPA while taking advanced coursework.  People like to focus on the test, but ignore that incoming TJ freshmen had excellent academic records as well.

It was rare for low income students to be taking Geometry in 8th grade while maintaining a near 4.0 GPA.  They were shut out, test or no test.

A decision was made to broaden access to TJ.  [b]Now, a 3.5 GPA is worth just as much as a 4.0 GPA[/b], and the admissions process doesn't care whether you took geometry or not.  I understand why the changes were made, but for some reason many pro reform people feel a need to belittle students admitted under the old process.  There's no need for that.  They were excellent students.[/quote]

Almost all kids admitted had a 4.0 so not relevant.  :roll: 
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