Two more Fairfax County high schools admit they didn’t inform students of their National Merit Awards

“…At Thomas Jefferson High a decision was made not to inform students of their awards by the school’s principal Ann Bonitatibus and the director of student services Brandon Kosatka. The decision was discovered by the parent of a student at the school who earned an award but was never notified. Kosatka, the student services administrator, admitted that a decision had been made to downplay the awards to avoid hurting the feelings of other students.

All of this is in keeping with the general push toward equity over excellence in schools. The goal is no longer to push students to excel it’s to make sure that everyone feels good. So it’s probably no surprise then that the failure to notify students of their National Merit Awards didn’t just happen at this one Fairfax County school. Last week, two more high schools sent out emails admitting they had also failed to inform students of the awards…”

There should be criminal liability for this.