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Virginia AG Investigates Entire School District For Allegedly Hiding Merit Awards From Students

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares is opening an investigation into Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) after a prestigious high school within the district reportedly hid merit awards from its students, according to a Monday letter.

The extension of the investigation comes after Miyares announced an investigation into Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST), following a report by Asra Nomani, a parental rights in education activist, that showed the school had been withholding the National Merit Scholarship commendation, an honor used for college applications and to obtain scholarships, from students who were mostly Asian in order to not “hurt” the feelings of students who did not earn the award. Miyares announced the investigation into FCPS following another report by Nomani which showed that two additional schools had been withholding the merit award from students, according to a Monday letter.

“It’s concerning that multiple schools throughout Fairfax County withheld merit awards from students ,” Miyares said in a press release. “My office will investigate the entire Fairfax County Public Schools system to find out if any students were discriminated against and if their rights were violated.”

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3 thoughts on “Virginia AG Investigates Entire School District For Allegedly Hiding Merit Awards From Students”

  1. Special rules for special school still messing with discrimination. TJHSST internal criteria perviously lent more weight on Asian resumes than the rest of the submissions. Then got caught!

    No no No.

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