Parents vs. students. The students had been notified. The original article complains that the students were notified by school sanctioned email (same way that all schools with such emails communicate.)
NFSF for TJ were announced in September. Two Hundred Thirty-Eight FCPS Students Are 2023 National Merit Semifinalists | Fairfax County Public Schools. The commended cutoff had been known since the previous May.
This is much ado about nothing.