Race has been removed this year

I don’t see race listed in the packet. How does the committee know if this is in fact considered?

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Anonymous wrote:Why must we keep stats on race? Why can’t we all just be “American” or the “Human” race. Is it really necessary?

Because FCPS discriminates against Asians.

No they don't. Your toxicity is unhelpful.

It is a fact that the acceptance rate for AAP, with respect to Hispanics and Blacks, is higher than Whites and Asians. It's unclear exactly why the acceptance rate is so much higher, but I think most people suspect that there is a diversity component to AAP. I don't know if I would characterize a diversity component as discrimination against Asians, but I can understand why people have this type of reaction. There is absolutely no transparency or accountability, as no one knows how decisions are made, and this leads to people accusing FCPS of discrimination. I think FCPS would really benefit from being transparent.

Anonymous wrote:Why must we keep stats on race? Why can’t we all just be “American” or the “Human” race. Is it really necessary?

Sadly it is, else the inequities that flow from structural and subconscious racism are far too easily swept under the rug. Most large corporations I've worked in do this as well, to ensure that performance ratings and promotions aren't systematically being biased by gender, rage, age, level, etc. So yes, I'd say it's pretty widely accepted as necessary in our current society.

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Anonymous wrote:Why must we keep stats on race? Why can’t we all just be “American” or the “Human” race. Is it really necessary?

Because FCPS discriminates against Asians.

No they don't. Your toxicity is unhelpful.

Anonymous wrote:Why must we keep stats on race? Why can’t we all just be “American” or the “Human” race. Is it really necessary?

Because FCPS discriminates against Asians.

Why must we keep stats on race? Why can’t we all just be “American” or the “Human” race. Is it really necessary?

I would assume there’s a race identifier question on the application since FCPS reports the admission demographics by race.

Does the committee see the child's race?

I have heard from the AART that their teachers who participate in the central committee process do not review students from their on school. Not sure if students are compared to peers of the same school or not but it would make sense that they are seeing that they are competing for the spot at that school/center. Who knows.

Anonymous wrote:it is also my understanding that whomever is doing the reviewing is looking at all the packets from one school and comparing peers only w/in that school.

Ugh, that sounds awful - I wonder if Fairfax County will turn into Texas where kids send their children to shitty schools just so they get into AAP or TJ. In Texas, people send their kids to shitty high schools so they will be in the top 10% and get into UT.

How does it work when kids are applying in 3rd/4th/5th grade and there aren't a ton of kids applying from their school? If three kids are applying in fourth grade, are they only compared against each other?

it is also my understanding that whomever is doing the reviewing is looking at all the packets from one school and comparing peers only w/in that school.

OP again - I suppose the better question is - does anyone know how the "committee" really works?

A PP on a different thread said that teachers from one school will look at all the kids from a different school and accept them based solely on their comparison to other kids at the same school. Is this really true? I thought the applications were blind.