Magnet Schools in Virginia - Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Bailey's Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Bailey's Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences, Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies, Mountain Vista Governor's School, Landstown High School, Salem High School, Appomattox Regional Governor's School for the Arts And Technology, Ocean Lakes High School, Central Virginia Governor's School for Science and Technology, Governor's Schools, Frank W. Cox High School, Bayside High School, Piedmont Governor's School for Mathematics, Science, and Technology, First Colonial High School, New Horizons Governor's School for Science and Technology, Tallwood High School, Commonwealth Governor's School, Chesapeake Bay Governor's School for Marine and Environmental Science, Roanoke Valley Governor's School for Science and Technology, Southwest Virginia Governor's School for Science, Mathematics, and Technology, Loudoun Academy of Science, Galileo Magnet High School, Blue Ridge Virtual Governor's School, Shenandoah Valley Governor's School, Massanutten Governor's School for Integrated Environmental Science and Technology, Governor's School of Southside Virginia. Excerpt: Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST, TJ, Jefferson) is a Virginia state-chartered magnet school located in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. It is a regional high school operated by Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS). As a publicly funded and administered high school with selective admissions, TJHSST is often compared with notable public magnet schools, although it did get rid of non-application based admission after the class of 1988. Attendance at TJ is open to students in six local jurisdictions based on an admissions test and prior academic achievement. The selective admissions program was initiated in 1985 through the cooperation...