Anonymous
Post 11/16/2020 09:49     Subject: Re:New TJ admissions proposal docs are up - 11/17 school board meeting
Does the FCPS school board realize that they are messed up or have messed up this admissions.
Just spoiled the future of eligible and capable students
Anonymous
Post 11/16/2020 09:23     Subject: New TJ admissions proposal docs are up - 11/17 school board meeting
Anonymous wrote:Why is the class size different between the two proposals? It doesn’t make sense that how you select a class will affect how many students TJ can hold.

The county is full of crowded schools. TJ should NOT be allowed to be below capacity.


The class size is 550 in both proposals. In the hybrid proposal, the top 100 students are selected regardless of where they live, so the pie chart only shows how they allocate the remaining 450 spots.
Anonymous
Post 11/16/2020 09:13     Subject: New TJ admissions proposal docs are up - 11/17 school board meeting
Why is the class size different between the two proposals? It doesn’t make sense that how you select a class will affect how many students TJ can hold.

The county is full of crowded schools. TJ should NOT be allowed to be below capacity.
Anonymous
Post 11/16/2020 08:54     Subject: Re:New TJ admissions proposal docs are up - 11/17 school board meeting
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't understand this. How can this be a deciding factor?

Experience Factors
• Economically Disadvantaged
• English Language Learner
• Special Education
• Underrepresented Schools


Basically, they're saying "you don't have to be capable of passing any test (because we got rid of that for you), and you don't even really need to be able to do the problem solving essay that well or meet any of the other criteria, as long as you fall into one of these experience factors." What a joke. Pretty soon, only the wealthy (who can afford private school) will be able to compete on the world stage, and the education gap between rich and poor will widen. Public school is a joke. WE NEED THE VOUCHER SYSTEM.


I would prefer a random lottery to a deck stacked against gifted kids just because they don’t come from a poor family.
Anonymous
Post 11/15/2020 21:04     Subject: Re:New TJ admissions proposal docs are up - 11/17 school board meeting
This woman has so much hatred in her heart for kids whose parents aren’t the typical ones gunning for them to attend TJ since they were infants. Totally disgusting.

https://twitter.com/asranomani/status/1328150607316840448?s=21
Anonymous
Post 11/15/2020 20:58     Subject: Re:New TJ admissions proposal docs are up - 11/17 school board meeting
Anonymous wrote:I don't understand this. How can this be a deciding factor?

Experience Factors
• Economically Disadvantaged
• English Language Learner
• Special Education
• Underrepresented Schools


Basically, they're saying "you don't have to be capable of passing any test (because we got rid of that for you), and you don't even really need to be able to do the problem solving essay that well or meet any of the other criteria, as long as you fall into one of these experience factors." What a joke. Pretty soon, only the wealthy (who can afford private school) will be able to compete on the world stage, and the education gap between rich and poor will widen. Public school is a joke. WE NEED THE VOUCHER SYSTEM.
Anonymous
Post 11/15/2020 20:28     Subject: Re:New TJ admissions proposal docs are up - 11/17 school board meeting
Anonymous wrote:I don't understand this. How can this be a deciding factor?

Experience Factors
• Economically Disadvantaged
• English Language Learner
• Special Education
• Underrepresented Schools


Will this shut up the people claiming the reform is a way to back door rich white kids?
Anonymous
Post 11/15/2020 20:24     Subject: Re:New TJ admissions proposal docs are up - 11/17 school board meeting
Anonymous wrote:why do experience factor matter now?
All along the discussion, the testing was the barrier for Economically disadvantaged, AA, URMs.
Asians were privileged because they did test prep.
Now that testing is removed , should not it be same playing ground for all ?
(except Special ED and ESL)

They want to maximize the number of URMs that meet the minimum threshold. Nothing else matters.













Anonymous
Post 11/15/2020 18:33     Subject: Re:New TJ admissions proposal docs are up - 11/17 school board meeting
why do experience factor matter now?
All along the discussion, the testing was the barrier for Economically disadvantaged, AA, URMs.
Asians were privileged because they did test prep.
Now that testing is removed , should not it be same playing ground for all ?
(except Special ED and ESL)
















Anonymous
Post 11/15/2020 18:16     Subject: Re:New TJ admissions proposal docs are up - 11/17 school board meeting
I don't understand this. How can this be a deciding factor?

Experience Factors
• Economically Disadvantaged
• English Language Learner
• Special Education
• Underrepresented Schools
Anonymous
Post 11/15/2020 17:54     Subject: New TJ admissions proposal docs are up - 11/17 school board meeting
I don’t know why they are doing all this other crap in 2020. The only focus should be getting schools open. All this other stuff can wait until next year.
Anonymous
Post 11/15/2020 17:47     Subject: New TJ admissions proposal docs are up - 11/17 school board meeting
No details whatsoever for sophomore or junior admissions. If they increase the class size to 550, there will be about 100 new seats in each class. The FCPS staff need to address this.
Anonymous
Post 11/15/2020 16:00     Subject: New TJ admissions proposal docs are up - 11/17 school board meeting
Anonymous wrote:The holistic review sounds more fair, but it depends upon the weight given to the various factors. Also, I can imagine there will be at least 4k-5k applicants. How are they going to conduct a meaningful holistic review on that many applications in such a short time period? I can imagine a lot of subjectivity will be involved.


That's why standardized tests are the rational approach for anything done on a large scale. It's impossible to be objective with this many applicants, the types of criteria proposed, and the number of reviewers that this undertaking will require. TJ is toast. It's better to just stay at your base school (assuming it's one of the good ones). FCPS is on a slippery slope to the bottom.
Anonymous
Post 11/15/2020 15:34     Subject: New TJ admissions proposal docs are up - 11/17 school board meeting
The holistic review sounds more fair, but it depends upon the weight given to the various factors. Also, I can imagine there will be at least 4k-5k applicants. How are they going to conduct a meaningful holistic review on that many applications in such a short time period? I can imagine a lot of subjectivity will be involved.
Anonymous
Post 11/15/2020 09:19     Subject: New TJ admissions proposal docs are up - 11/17 school board meeting
Only 2 options: merit lottery or holistic review


https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/BVDJ3S4B417B/$file/TJHSST%20Admissions%2011.17.20%20revised%20final%20for%20posting.pdf