Posted on 05/24/2023 4:13:18 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of a new admissions policy at an elite public high school in Virginia that critics say discriminates against highly qualified Asian Americans.
The 2-1 ruling from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond overturns a ruling last year from a federal judge who found that the Fairfax County School Board engaged in impermissible “racial balancing” when it overhauled the admissions policy at the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.
The school frequently is cited among the best in the nation, and parents jockey and prepare for years to get their children admitted. But for decades Black and Hispanic students have been woefully underrepresented, while Asian Americans made up more than 70% of the student body.
In 2020, the school board significantly revamped the admissions process, scrapping a standardized test that had been a linchpin in favor of a system that set aside equal numbers of Thomas Jefferson slots at each of the county’s middle schools, among other changes. The process does not take race into account. It does give weight in favor of applicants who are economically disadvantaged or still learning English.
The first freshman class admitted under the new rules saw a significantly different racial makeup. Black students increased from 1% to 7%; Hispanic representation increased from 3% to 11%. Asian American representation decreased from 73% to 54%.
Critics of the new policy say it discriminates against Asian American applicants who would have been granted admission if academic merit were the sole criteria, and that efforts to increase Black and Hispanic representation necessarily come at the expense of Asian Americans......
King and Heytens were appointed by Democratic Presidents Bill Clinton and Joe Biden, respectively. Rushing was appointed by Republican Donald Trump.
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“...in favor of applicants who are economically disadvantaged ...”
They offer financial aid, but why strap the economically disadvantaged parents with loans for the $60,000+ per year high school?
EC
Elite no more.
But, I suppose that was the real intention of progressive in Virginia and of those judges.
Equality and equity will make the school just as bad as the rest of the schools. There is no equity or equality in turning good into bad.
Blacks were not intellectually equal to the Asians and thus did not meet the standard for admission
The reason for inequality boils down to inequality
Next stop...SCOTUS?
There needs to be a counter policy where athletically challenged Asians are included on football and basketball teams.
Just think of all the money, effort, and resources spent on hunting down the boogeyman of ‘racism’ that could be saved if we lived in a homogenous society.
Homgogenous society = NO RACISM. PERIOD.
This obsession with the false religion of “diversity” has caused the destruction of America.
“...an elite public high school...”
I always thought “public” school was open to anyone in that school’s district...
Private schools charge the dollars....
Aren’t we all still learning English?
The way that words and their definitions are changed and the new words that are thrown in—English is on quicksand.
Another bad decision by the 4th circuit black-robes. Are they trying to beat the 9th circuit’s record?
The wife worked for a school system that used “free and reduced lunch” status as their way of skirting discrimination laws. Guess who the “free and reduced lunch” kids were?
Grammar certainly has gone out the window in our new woke world. I hate that.
Yes, even I notice and I’m very ignorant of the subject.
The new age group of news reporters grammar is awful. Run on sentences, punctuation and spelling is lacking.
You get what you vote for. Asians vote Democrat.
https://apiavote.org/policy-and-research/asian-american-voter-survey/
Grammar is racist.
Well the coaches should be ecstatic about the probable improvements for their football and basketball rosters!
Needs to be appealed or go to the whole court. Maybe the coming Supreme Court case on affirmative action will provide guidance.
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