TImesTheyAreAChanging Wrote:
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> Former GT Student -
>
> The GT placement process has changed markedly
> since you were found center-eligible in spring
> 2003.
>
>
http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/le
> gacy-content/86789J2271B7/$FILE/Answers%20to%20Sch
> ool%20Board%20Questions.pdf
>
> I am sure the demographics of your Center school
> have also changed, as has the composition of GT
> and general ed classes. The total number of
> students in FCPS has grown since then!
>
>
http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/Fairfax/Board.nsf/39
> c6389c088be51585256e56000c1bf2/2b1b2b585a5d305e852
> 570fb004f3f9f/$FILE/Gifted%20and%20Talented%20Cent
> er%20Program.pdf
>
>
http://www.fcps.edu/fts/planning/cip/cipbook2013-1
> 7.pdf
>
> There is no shock that the "great majority did not
> go to TJ" as (a) there are not enough spots at TJ
> for all Center-eligible students and (b) not all
> Center-eligible students want to go to TJ in the
> first place.
Thank you for the information. It still maintains what I said though. The majority of people were either white or Asian. There was one black kid, as the data supports. And, the teaching was still mediocre to good.