It is not surprising that Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology has fallen again in the 2024 ranking of best public high schools.
It is not surprising that Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, or TJ, has fallen again in the 2024in 2023, and 1st for three years before that. Its premier ranking occurred when Fairfax County’s only magnet school’s admissions were based on merit, not on “.” With the last merit-based class graduating in June, we can expect to see the flagship institution wither away and disappear as it succumbs to its diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI, cancer.
TJ’s tragic downfall has become clear to the public in recent months. Earlier this year, for example, McLean High School’s quiz bowl team defeated the long-favored TJ team in the 2024 Virginia High School League Scholastic Bowl State Championship. This marks the first time in nine years that TJ has not won a title.
Looking at TJ’s decline, I am skeptical that Fairfax County School Board members were dumb enough to believe they could replace merit with equity in the admissions process without academic consequence. It makes me wonder if their intent all along was to destroy an institution designated for gifted education as a sacrifice to their
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