Fairfax, VA: "The Fairfax County NAACP announces its support for the changes to the TJ [Thomas Jefferson High School] Admissions process proposed by FCPS at the September 15, 2020 meeting of the School Board. The merit lottery plan not only projects to improve admissions numbers for Black, Latinx, and economically disadvantaged students, but would also lessen the emotional burden of both being accepted and of being rejected from TJ.
The merit lottery will demand that each of our public high schools look at its own STEM offerings, curricular, and extracurriculars. With this change, we stand to improve the culture of our whole school system. We support the elimination of the admissions test, teacher recommendations, and the inclusion of honors and awards in the admissions process. Each of these elements has been associated with biases based on race and income."
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