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Asian-American Students to Outnumber Others at Magnet School
posted 9:36 am Mon July 07, 2008 - ALEXANDRIA, Va.
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The region's most prestigious public magnet school will have more Asian American students in this fall's freshman class than white students.
It's the first time Asian American freshmen will outnumber their white classmates at the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County (web|news) .
More than 2,500 applicants applied for 485 seats in the freshman class. Asian American students got 219, or 45 percent of the total, while white students got 205, or 42 percent.
Meanwhile, the incoming freshman class will have 10 Hispanic and nine black students. Those low numbers come as the Fairfax County School Board prepares to review T.J.'s admissions policy this month.
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