We are parents, students, alumni, staff, and community members of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.
POLITICAL ADVOCACY
Next step in reaching out to Democrat and Republican leaders
We are parents and community members living in Northern Virginia, and we invite you to join a conversation with Mr. Glenn Youngkin, the Republican candidate for governor of Virginia. Join us on Friday, June 11, from 6 PM – 7 PM at Tez restaurant, 13005 Worldgate Dr, Herndon, VA 20170. If you would like to cosponsor the event, please contact CoalitionForTJ@gmail.com.
The Virginia Department of Education, Secretary of Education Atif Qarni, Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. James Lane, and Deputy Superintendent Donald Fairheart have spent countless dollars and time on moving to eliminate advanced mathematics, creating divisive programs grounded in the controversial ideology of critical race theory, and keeping schools closed for far too long, while educational standards and literacy rates have been in a freefall.
The Fairfax County Public Schools board voted unanimously to eliminate the merit-based, race-neutral standardized admissions test to the nation's #1 school, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, in a targeted attack on the school’s mostly Asian, mostly immigrant families. Loudoun County Public Schools board members have targeted parents opposed to critical race theory, while school officials in Prince William County, Arlington and Alexandria have pressed ideological indoctrination in the name of "equity."
We are concerned about the downward spiral of K-12 public education in Virginia, from the statehouse to the schoolhouse. The Virginia Department of Education, the Virginia Secretary of Education, the Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Deputy Superintendent, and local Virginia school boards are not doing their best for students. We will have a conversation with Mr. Youngkin on how to restore our values in education to schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Friday, June 11, from 6 PM – 7 PM
Tez restaurant, 13005 Worldgate Dr, Herndon, VA 20170
Cosponsors:
Coalition for TJ
American Hindu Coalition
Fight for Schools
Our Voices in the Media
Parents sue to stop
discriminatory admissions
at top-ranked high school
By Erin Wilcox
It all started with an email.
Last summer, as George Floyd’s death rocked the nation and COVID-19 kept many Fairfax County Public Schools students at home, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology principal Dr. Ann Bonitatibus sent an email urging students and parents to “think of the privileges you hold that others may not.”
Thomas Jefferson High School students and parents are fighting changes to admissions standards. Here’s why.
By Harry Jackson
Many TJ parents and students protested the removal of a race-blind admissions process to TJ. When our concerns were dismissed, our only option to protect TJ’s commitment to excellence was to file suit in federal court. We argue that the new subjective race-based admission standards, aimed at achieving a “better” racial balance at TJ, violate the constitutional rights of the school’s Asian students.
Media can download our photos and videos for free use at this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1daKLrJjCqrnGkmtmC7ZcXFFNoCNCjKer?usp=sharing. We hope you will know our families and recognize they are ordinary families like all of us.
Watch our March 10, 2021, press conference. Pacific Legal Foundation attorney Erin Wilcox outlined our lawsuit suing Fairfax County Public Schools for discrimination. Hear our parents.
Download our video for free use by the media.
Media Coverage
Washington Post
Associated Press
Associated Press
Fairfax County school system faces second lawsuit over changes to TJ admissions
By Hannah Natanson
Fairfax County Public Schools is facing a second lawsuit over changes officials made last year to the admissions process at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, its flagship STEM magnet school.The suit, filed in federal court Wednesday, alleges the changes are discriminatory against Asian Americans and therefore violate the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Associated Press
Associated Press
Associated Press
Lawsuit Challenges
New Admissions Policy at Elite Va. School
By Matthew Barakat
Erin Wilcox, a lawyer with the Pacific Legal Foundation, said at a press conference Wednesday that the policies themselves are discriminatory,
but the intent is made even more clear by statements
from board members who said they want the changes
to result in a student body with a racial makeup that matches the county's demographics.
Patch
Fox 5 DC
Fox 5 DC
Lawsuit challenging TJ admissions
changes filed In federal court
By Emily Leayman
The Coalition with TJ's lawsuit claims the admissions changes intend to reduce the number of Asian American students admitted to the school.
On Wednesday, the Coalition for TJ filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the admissions changes at Thomas High School for Science and Technology.
Fox 5 DC
Fox 5 DC
Fox 5 DC
Lawsuit says new Thomas Jefferson HS admissions policy discriminates against Asian-Americans
By FOX 5 Digital Team and Sierra Fox
A lawsuit against Fairfax County Public Schools alleges that changes in the admissions process at an elite northern Virginia high school
were made to purposely reduce the number of
Asian-American students accepted.
Press Release
Parents of Color Protest Anti-Asian Racism by Virginia Sen. Louise Lucas and NAACP
"The Iron is hot!"
Read the emails that document the campaign to overhaul admissions to TJ by TJ Principal Ann Bonitatibus and members and leaders of the TJ Alumni Action Group, a 501c4 lobbying group.
We Love TJ
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We are parents, students and community members advocating for diversity and excellence at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. We support increasing diversity through merit-based admissions to TJ.
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There is an effort underway in the Virginia Governor’s office and in the Fairfax County Public Schools school board and administration to replace TJ’s race-blind admissions with a "lottery" system, a change that will impact the curriculum at TJ and its academics. We encourage you to get educated. Join our efforts to save TJ and stand up for our families and students.
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Advocate for diversity and excellence at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Please write to your school board members and legislators
Vote NO to NEW Fairfax County Admissions Changes to TJ
Petition to Gov. Northam to Keep Merit based Admission https://bit.ly/Coalition4TJPetition
Read About It (more on our Media page)
NBC4 coverage
Fairfax School Board Eliminates Admissions Test at Thomas Jefferson High School
Weixin - Parents hold memorial at TJ
Weixin - Parents hold memorial at TJ
Fairfax School Board Eliminates Admissions Test at Thomas Jefferson High School
Weixin - Parents hold memorial at TJ
Fairfax School Board Eliminates Admissions Test at Thomas Jefferson High School
Fairfax School Board Eliminates Admissions Test at Thomas Jefferson High School
Fairfax School Board Eliminates Admissions Test at Thomas Jefferson High School
Students, Parents with Moral Courage Protest War on No. 1 School
Students, Parents with Moral Courage Protest War on No. 1 School
Fairfax School Board Eliminates Admissions Test at Thomas Jefferson High School
TJ Students Oppose Admissions Lottery as 'Not the Solution'
Students, Parents with Moral Courage Protest War on No. 1 School
TJ Students Oppose Admissions Lottery as 'Not the Solution'
FCPS Lottery proposal
Students, Parents with Moral Courage Protest War on No. 1 School
TJ Students Oppose Admissions Lottery as 'Not the Solution'