Number of Virginia schools reporting delayed National Merit recognition grows amid probe
More than a dozen high schools in northern Virginia have reported delays in notifying students of prestigious National Merit recognition. More than a dozen high schools in northern Virginia have reported delays in notifying students of prestigious National Merit recognition, as state officials investigate the growing controversy. The issue came to light last month, when several parents accused Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County of not telling students they had received National Merit recognition to avoid upsetting others who had not. Parents picket about the merit controversy in Fairfax County, Virginia, on Jan. 14, 2023. WJLA School officials said they believed the delay was "a unique situation due to human error" and are investigating why notifications did not go out "in a timely manner" to those designated as commended students by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Fairfax County Public Schools officials previously ...