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FAIRFAX, Va. (CN) — A Virginia judge has denied a preliminary injunction sought by parents of middle school students who sued the Fairfax County School Board over a plan to jettison standardized testing as part of the admissions process for one of the nation’s top high schools.      Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology is a so-called governor’s school. As such, the lawsuit argued, it operates as a high school for gifted students identified through multiple criteria, including aptitude or achievement tests.  But in his ruling Tuesday, Fairfax County Circuit Court ...

FAIRFAX, Va. (CN) — Attorneys for students hoping to attend the country’s most prestigious public science and technology high school argued Monday that a Virginia school board unfairly eliminated the standardized admissions tests that would have made their acceptance a sure thing.   But attorneys for Fairfax County School Board asked a county circuit court judge to toss out the case brought aspiring Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology students and their parents. The school’s students, they argue, do not necessarily have to be designated as gifted. “Where is the la...