Prestigious Unrecognition
It had to happen. After Virginia schools delayed notifying students they had received merit awards and then falsely claimed it was a "mistake," the Virginia AG Jason Miyares has announced that he is launching a civil rights investigation into seven Virginia schools. This was no mistake. This was that progressive nonsense about "equity" and not having people feel bad while screwing the smarter children that worked hard.
The schools that withheld awards from top-performing students included Annandale, West Potomac, John R. Lewis, Edison, Thomas Jefferson for Science and Technology, Westfield, and Langley High, according to the Daily Mail. Some of the schools, like Thomas Jefferson, eventually notified students but waited until after important deadlines for college scholarships had passed.
National merit awards are among the most prestigious honors a high school student can receive, with just 50,000 students from the top 1.5 million PSAT scores receiving them.
Miyares estimated roughly a thousand students have been affected by the decision to delay notification of merit awards.
"Education is the doorway to the American dream. And we know there's at least one Virginia college that we know of that will give a full four-year ride if you're a National Merit Award recipient. And so that's close to $100,000 of benefits that a student could have applied for," Miyares said."
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/virgnia-ag-launches-investigation-schools-merit-award-delays
Loudoun County Public Schools Acting Superintendent (& probably next to be removed Daniel Smith) admitted that four schools failted to tell students that they had won the awards. It's funny how straightforward people can be after they get caught.
"The prestigious awards are only given to 50,000 of 1.5million high schoolers who score well on the PSATS – and can help students compete for scholarships, honors accolades, and college admissions.
Republican GOP Governor Glenn Youngkin slammed the decision made by the school as 'maniacal,' with the AG saying students have been punished in the name of 'equity'."
The prestigious awards are only given to 50,000 of 1.5million high schoolers who score well on the PSATS – and can help students compete for scholarships, honors accolades, and college admissions."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11640815/Virginia-AG-launches-investigation-TWENTY-ONE-schools-two-woke-districts.html
Progressives have infiltrated the Virginia school system. They need to be prosecuted just like what was done with the former Loudoun County superintendent Scott Siegler who was fired on December 6 after being indicted by a Virginia grand jury after reports show he had 'lied' about sexual assaults.
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"It is not the first time officials with the Fairfax County Public School network - which encompasses 198 schools and centers - have come under fire for guidance touted as 'progressive'.
In 2021, the school and its board found themselves in federal court after it changed its admission requirements to limit the number of Asian-American students enrolled to improve the chance of admission of other students regardless of academic ability.
Once again, billed as a means to boost equity, the guidance immediately sparked controversy for scrapping merit-based admissions - and was subsequently found to be against federal law.
Last February, a federal judge ruled Fairfax County school officials guilty of racial discrimination however, plans to overturn the woke rules have been put on hold thanks to a successful legal challenge by their supporters, with a court set to consider an appeal last this year."
Why a source from the UK about Fairfax, VA?
The Daily Mail is nothing more than a tabloid like the National Enquirer
So what about it is not true? Is Virginia AG Jason Miyares not launching a civil rights investigation into seven Virginia schools?
Can't refute the information so try and deflect to the source. Typical.
Not at all. It is all some people have. Along with denial of course.
Progressive politics ...... work for mediocrity or lower ......
We don't want to offend anybody!
My friend has a Doberman who is getting jealous and may want to go to school!
I think mediocrity is a bit to high for them.
At least 12 high schools (so far) have been identified as participating in DEI (a watered-down definition of CRT), by denying high-performing students what they earned.
As Ms. Nomani says in the video, she wasn't informed about her son's award until this year ... TWO YEARS after he'd won it.
Equity --- Equal outcome for everyone, even if they don't put forth any effort. Emphasis also put on one's race, ethnicity, sex/gender, or religion.
Equality --- Equal opportunity for everyone so they can achieve their highest ability. No emphasis on race, ethnicity, sex/gender, or religion.
Vic,
I have to say that I am totally confused by this article. Any student has access to their PSAT scores here:
The schools do notify if you qualified for the national merit, but a good score on the PSAT should give parents a clue, to check up with the schools.
Further information found here:
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There is nothing mysterious about it. If a child recieves a merit award: the school is supposed to inform the student.
In effect the awards were withheld in the name of woke equity.
The schools intentionally withheld informing the achieving students of their awards so the non achievers wouldn't feel bad about themselves.
They informed them after the deadline for admissions applications had past.
Do you believe that equal outcomes regardless of merit or accomplishment is OK?
It's likely the withheld recognition of merit included disadvantaged students and persons of color.
Do we know it was intentional?
I taught public school for 8 years. Never assume malice if ineptitude is a plausible explanation.
either way somebody should be fired
Probably. We obviously don't know all the details, but the number of schools involved is not a good sign.
At "prestigious" Thomas Jefferson High School in Virginia, many of the students deprived of their Merit Scholarships were Asians. In recent years, the school has even restricted its admission quota of Asians in the name of "equity".
Thanks for the facts Perrie!
Many parents did check with their schools, and principals, counselors, and teachers blew them off by not returning their calls/emails.
Sounds like some deserving kids were cheated
wonder who got the scholarships they didn't get?
Seems like equity is the enemy of excellence
Aw, just give everybody a little participation trophy and everybody will be happy.
Virginia is now up to 17 high schools in 3 counties that claim this was "an administrative error". I can understand once or twice ... and that's even that's too many in the 21st century ... but the same "error" occurs SEVENTEEN TIMES?
17 times isn't an error. That's policy.
It's 17 schools ... not students. I don't know how many students in each school were deprived of college scholarships and other accolades.