Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland: Thomas Jefferson High School.

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Thursday, January 5, 2023

Virginia Attorney General Investigating One Incident at One School. [This would NEVER happen in Maryland.]

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announces an investigation into TJ High School due to a delay in telling students that they had been recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. @WTOP pic.twitter.com/bfJ7AYT3sn
— Nick Iannelli (@NickWTOP) January 4, 2023

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Fairfax County School Board files appeal to ruling over Thomas Jefferson High School admissions policy

A U.S. district judge ruled the overhauled admissions process for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology discriminates against Asian students.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Fairfax County School Board has filed an appeal to challenge a ruling that would prevent the school district from implementing a current admissions process at one of the most prestigious and competitive high schools.

U.S. District Court Judge Claude M. Hilton recently ruled the admissions policy, which took effect in December 2020 following an equity review, for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology discriminates against Asian American students.

He also denied a request from the board for a temporary stay of order to allow the application process from thousands of students for the Class of 2026 to continue without any disruptions.

Hilton said it "does not treat all applications to TJ equally." The decision also read "Asian American students are disproportionately harmed" and "disproportionately deprived of a level playing field."..

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/virginia/fairfax-county-school-board-appealing-ruling-over-tj-high-school-admissions-policy/65-9916b9b9-e3e1-4f96-97b0-9b44ad58fd18?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot

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Principles

Formed in 2002, the Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland seeks to achieve the goals of coherent, content-rich curriculum standards; high expectations combined with timely remediation and acceleration; a wider range of educational options for parents and children; greater transparency and accountability; and meaningful community input.

E-mail: parentscoalitionmc AT outlook.com

What The Washington Post said about the Parents' Coalition

The coalition might be the best-known parent advocacy group in the region. Its members represent several constituencies, including parents of special education and gifted education students and fiscal watchdogs. The group's defining victory came this school year when the school system scaled back the fees charged to families for course materials.

Coalition leaders have drawn attention to the misuse of funds collected from students for activities, the broadcast of a commercial radio service on school buses and, with their "Weast Watch" blog, the travel habits of Weast and his lieutenants.

The Washington Post, June 4, 2009

Jerry Weast on the Parents' Coalition

"Along the way, you’ve had a challenging relationship with the Parents’ Coalition, the network of citizen activists who use the political process and other means to hold MCPS accountable.

The thing people accuse me of is listening, but not hearing. I hear, but I do not always agree. I am sorry that the world is faster than it was 10 years ago. I did not do that. [But] if we do not keep up, then our kids will be behind. We have to stop whining and get real."

Bethesda Magazine, March-April 2011