Whites and Asians vs. Blacks and Latinos??

[theking]

 :

Asian and white parents sue Boston Public Schools to overturn exam school's admission policy

An assembly of Asian and white parents requested the federal appeals court overturn the exam school admission policy of Boston Public Schools (BPS).

The Boston parents filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against BPS in hopes of having at least five of their children admitted to the elite exam schools after they failed to secure seats due to a temporary admission policy in place last year.

The Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence argued that students who had earned high enough grades were deprived from admission to the Boston Latin School, Boston Latin Academy and the O’Bryant School of Math and Science due to the lack of admittance allotted to their ZIP codes under the temporary policy.

The temporary admission policy, which was an effort to increase diversity, allowed more Black and Latino students seats while less Asian and white applicants were granted admission.

While the BPS has stopped implementing the policy, they have switched to a new admissions policy this year that divides seats geographically by grouping together areas with similar socio-economic profiles.

The parent coalition is hoping to persuade the appeals court with evidence that the School Committee intended to discriminate against Asian and white applicants.