Anonymous wrote:No, the lawyer is there because they’re being sued because of their race-based plans to change tj admissions. He isn’t usually there.

Is that why they couldn’t explain equitable representation?

No, the lawyer is there because they’re being sued because of their race-based plans to change tj admissions. He isn’t usually there.

Jesus, these people don't even know how to vote by themselves, they need a lawyer to help them understand step by step, LOL.

They can’t say race so they are dancing around the equitable representation.

Is Omeish under recall? I hope so.

3.5 is ridiculously easy for MS. And ms isn’t even uniform across the county.

"We shouldn't be doing this at this time of night"... Great job SB, yet another waste of a meeting! (Kind of like our DL school session this morning).

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Anonymous wrote:What is the universal screener they are speaking about? Are the kids going to get a screening test in school

The universal screener is the iready kids take unless they opt out. I believe they're referring to it for the similarity in a test administered unless you opt out of it. However hye do plan to limit the TJ problem solving and whatever else test/essay to only the kids who qualify based on GPA or whatever other metrics. Essentially instead of requiring the kids in that pool to opt in they will require them to opt out if they don't want to take it.

Don’t half of middle school students have a 3.5 gpa?

My friend whose daughter went to twain (not well represented at TJ) told me it felt like at least half of the grade made honor roll.

I have no clue because I have young elementary and like many here, I didn't grow up in this area. My gut says the cut off should be higher, even if it's something like 3.6 so there are more A's than B'd. I'm just starting to learn about the FCPS AAP program.

They keep talking about increasing outreach to these less represented areas. My children are zoned for Twain and currently in one of the ES that feeds it. Does FCPS even offer any science programs for ES or MS or even other HS students to use any of the lab facilities of TJ in evenings or summer or field trips? It seems like something like that eould help with the lower represented students and schools.

The most annoying thing is hearing "superintendant", "superintendant", every half minute. It's just a mouthful of syllables, they need to replace it. How about something simple, like "lackey" or "horse" ?

The lawyer clearly inserted language that’s it’s not about race when that’s all they’ve talked about!

Nothing was on boarddocs in advance, they’re muddled in the language. The lawyer is vague and unhelpful. What a freakin‘ mess.

Lol, they're now confused about what "equitable representation" means! Hello SB, you're the one that came up with the equity push!

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Anonymous wrote:For next year, SIS, problem solving essay, “experience factors”, 1.5% of “qualified” kids from each MS, remainder evaluated with holistic approach to highest evaluated applicants without regard to region. But it’s utterly unclear how they will rig the class with the experience factors.

What does this even mean "“experience factors”, 1.5% of “qualified” kids from each MS, remainder evaluated with holistic approach to highest evaluated applicants "?????

Have you not been following this issue at all this fall?

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Anonymous wrote:For next year, SIS, problem solving essay, “experience factors”, 1.5% of “qualified” kids from each MS, remainder evaluated with holistic approach to highest evaluated applicants without regard to region. But it’s utterly unclear how they will rig the class with the experience factors.

What does this even mean "“experience factors”, 1.5% of “qualified” kids from each MS, remainder evaluated with holistic approach to highest evaluated applicants "?????

Dp here. I think they are trying to capture 1.5% of each middle school so schools like hayfield and Poe will send some kids vs none or very few. Now they will have some representation. The remainder of the seats left at TJ will be selected by a holistic approach.

Basically they are taking some seats away from McLean and Chantilly and giving them to kids in lower represented areas.

So taking away seats at TJ from two already overcrowded pyramids when the CIP that Platenberg previewed tonight indicates that FCPS doesn’t plan to do anything to add capacity at either McLean HS or Chantilly HS? Fantastic. Gotta love FCPS.

This is so much better than a lottery though. Top kids from every school makes sense to me. I liked it better before when it was pure merit and the best from the entire applicant pool got in - but this is something I can stomach.

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Anonymous wrote:For next year, SIS, problem solving essay, “experience factors”, 1.5% of “qualified” kids from each MS, remainder evaluated with holistic approach to highest evaluated applicants without regard to region. But it’s utterly unclear how they will rig the class with the experience factors.

What does this even mean "“experience factors”, 1.5% of “qualified” kids from each MS, remainder evaluated with holistic approach to highest evaluated applicants "?????

Dp here. I think they are trying to capture 1.5% of each middle school so schools like hayfield and Poe will send some kids vs none or very few. Now they will have some representation. The remainder of the seats left at TJ will be selected by a holistic approach.

Basically they are taking some seats away from McLean and Chantilly and giving them to kids in lower represented areas.

So taking away seats at TJ from two already overcrowded pyramids when the CIP that Platenberg previewed tonight indicates that FCPS doesn’t plan to do anything to add capacity at either McLean HS or Chantilly HS? Fantastic. Gotta love FCPS.