Category Archives: Executive

2022-2023 TJ PTSA Election Results

Congratulations to the newly elected TJ PTSA officers! 

At the May 26 2022 TJ PTSA General Membership, the following officers were elected for the 2022-2023 school year: 

  • President: Yvette Rivers
  • 1st Vice President of Programming and Events: Pratyush Nutalapati
  • 2nd Vice President of Membership and Fundraising: Yehong Zhou 
  • 3rd Vice President of Communications: Laura Marschoun 
  • Treasurer: Neelam “Nell” Janardhan
  • Secretary: Qingying “Ally” Lu

The election of all officers was uncontested and was conducted by voice vote.  

Huge thanks goes to our outgoing officers for all of your hard work during the 2021-2022 school year!! 

  • 1st Vice President: Li Yang
  • 2nd Vice President: Jun Wang
  • Corresponding Secretary: Hanning Chen

2022-01-11 New TJPTSA Treasurer

  The Executive Board of TJPTSA met on January 10th, 2022 to accept the resignation of Mr. Himanshu Verma as TJPTSA treasurer. 
We appreciate Himanshu’s service to TJPTSA, and wish him all the best in his future endeavors. 
The board has also voted to appoint Ms. Nell Janardhan as the new TJPTSA treasurer, and looks forward to working with her for a smooth transition. 

TJPTSA Executive Board   

2021-11-11 TJPTSA General Membership Meeting on Nov. 11th, 2021

TJPTSA General Membership Meeting on Nov. 11th, 2021

Dear TJPTSA members,

  TJPTSA will hold its general membership meeting at 7:00PM on Nov. 11th, 2021 to elect its new President alongside other agenda items at TJ cafeteria. Members may sign in at the entrance of the TJ cafeteria from 6:30PM.   

  The deadline to purchase TJPTSA membership for the election is 9:00PM, Nov. 10th, 2021 when the PTSA store will be temporarily closed. 

  A presidential candidate will be either self-nominated or nominated by another member from the floor before he or she may choose to make a statement no longer than three minutes concerning their credentials and/or plans for the office. A majority of votes cast will be necessary to elect. If no candidate achieves a majority on the first ballot, the second and final ballot will be limited to the two candidates receiving the most votes on the first ballot. 

  The meeting agenda can be found here with election rule. In addition, the VAPTA self-help for general membership meeting is available too.  

TJPTSA Executive Board

2021-11-03 TJPTSA Special General Membership Meeting on November 3rd, 2021 from 7:00PM to 9:00PM

Dear TJPTSA members,

            The Executive Board of TJPTSA calls for a special general membership meeting on November 3rd, 2021 from 7:00PM to 9:00PM. This meeting will be held in-person at TJHSST Cafeteria. 

            The meeting is called to consider the following motion:

                        That the President of TJPTSA be removed from office. 

The Executive Board of TJPTSA

Meeting call

Statement from TJPTSA Executive Committee about a Recent Wall Street Journal Opinion Article

Dear TJPTSA members,

It has been brought to our attention that a recent Wall Street Journal (WSJ) opinion article has raised serious concerns of the TJ administration as well as TJ parents.

In an article titled “Virginia Dad Takes on the School Board”, the author stated that “The father of a Thomas Jefferson High School Sophomore, he had signed up to address the board about sexually explicit material in the school library, including work he and other parents say normalizes pedophilia.” It appears to us that the school library of TJ was referred to. However, according to the FCPS record, TJ library never subscribed the two books that were mentioned as inappropriate in a recent FCPS board meeting. 

Moreover, Mr. Harry Jackson was quoted in the article that “I am glad to see we agree there is pornographic material in the library”. Apparently, TJ library was referred to again, and this statement is not factual either because no pornographic material has been found in TJ library, to the best of our knowledge. Most concerningly, Mr. Harry Jackson was cited as “not just any parent. Earlier this year, he was elected president of the school’s Parent Teacher Student Association, or PTSA.” In fact, none of the other TJPTSA Executive Committee members was consulted about the opinions expressed in this WSJ article, which has fomented unnecessary unrest in the whole TJ community. For example, threats and harassment toward TJ staff and administration has been occurring these past two days as a direct result of this article with increased security on TJ campus.

Given the severe impacts of the controversial statements to the TJ community, the TJPTSA Executive Committee has requested an explanation from Mr. Harry Jackson about his role in the WSJ article. Mr. Harry Jackson informed us that he never had reviewed or approved the article before it was published, and the author, not him, has the responsibility to fact check. In addition, Mr. Harry Jackson has requested WSJ Editorial Office for a correction to the article. 

We will continue to investigate this issue and to keep the TJ community informed once more information is available. 

TJPTSA Executive Committee 

2021-10-14 TJPTSA General Membership Meeting

TJPTSA will hold a general membership meeting on October 14th, 2021 from 7PM to 9PM

Location: ZOOM
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89439549602?pwd=ejd4ZDJ4dEZ6dVQ3ZlFEMzRpMXhJQT09
Meeting ID: 894 3954 9602
Passcode: 720489

The meeting agenda can be found here.

Proposed Budget: https://tjptsa.com/archive/2021-10-13-tjptsa-revised-budget/

Reconciliation files:https://tjptsa.com/archive/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021-09_ANGP_Recon_Summary.pdf  and https://tjptsa.com/archive/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021-09_PTSA_Recon_Summary.pdf

Last GM meeting draft minutes: https://tjptsa.com/archive/2021-10-13-tjptsa-09-09-2021-general-membership-meeting-minutes/

Financial Review:    https://tjptsa.com/archive/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/TJHSST_PTSA_2021_Financial-Review_Audit-Report.pdf