Alexandria, Virginia FWIW. Fairfax County Public School System.
You will all be happier in the long run accepting the fact that you are all equally stupid.
The teachers responsible should pay restitution to the students for the scholarships they might have won had the recognition been known. If their chances were 100:1 and it was a full ride to some university, take that university’s tuition/year, multiple by 4, and divide by 100 (e.g., $40,000 x 4 = $400,000 / 100 = $4,000). Each administrator would owe that student $4,000. Do similar calculations for the other schools he applied to. If this goes unpunished, it will continue to happen and happen again.
Wouldn’t it be “misinformation” if a student won an award but the principal withheld it?
Holy cow! Among the East Asian, South Asian and middle Eastern immigrants that send their kids to TJ, this is going to be bigger than the Loudoun County schools TG rapes.
If I was involved, I’d start by suing the principal and superintendent personally for the value of the lost scholarship. Harder to prove missed admissions to top ranked colleges because of no record of being a National Merit Scholar and subsequently lower career earnings.
And I’d fight them getting a discharge in bankruptcy.
These school administrators should be fired, jailed, and worse. This affects future of students. I hope at the minimum that they and the schools are sued into bankruptcy.
This story was posted earlier. Sorry, but it’s all baloney.
This school proudly publishes the names of its NMSC semifinalists and finalists. Anyone can see the names of the school’s 2023 semifinalists on the school’s website right here: https://www.fcps.edu/news/two-hundred-thirty-eight-fcps-students-are-2023-national-merit-semifinalists
This article is about “commended students” who score high, but not as high as semifinalists or finalists. Apparently, the school has been overlooking the commended students, and that’s wrong. But, the school has no trouble bragging about its students with the highest scores right on its website.
While whites certainly have reason to be angered by such policies Asians have an even better reason.
The teachers should demand that they, also, be treated with equity. For instance, if you show up for work, but don’t do any teaching, grading, or recording, you still get paid at least 50%, and of course, deadlines are racist.
Coddling slow minded people isn’t equity.