By law, the state is mandated to collect public data on major ethnic groups, including, but not limited to, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Bangladeshi, Cambodian, Filipino, Korean, and Vietnamese.
Federal Judge William Young late last week issued his decision on the challenge to this year’s altered Exam School Admission process, saying that the temporary admissions system did not discriminate by race against white and Asian students, but it should be a system in place only one year to accommodate COVID-19.
In a 48-page opinion, Judge Young stressed that the plan was well-thought out and accomplished the goals of making the school more geographically and economically diverse, and though race was spoke of, it wasn’t a plan that sought to racially balance the Exam Schools – which would be unconstitutional.
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Boston parent group to appeal after federal judge rules that admission plan for exam schools is ‘race neutral’
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A group of Boston parents who challenged a new admissions plan for Boston’s exam schools during the COVID-19 pandemic says it will appeal after a federal court judge ruled that the plan was not discriminatory.
The Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence (BPCAE) filed a lawsuit in February against the School Committee and Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius, arguing that a new zip code policy for admission to the city’s three exam schools is discriminatory against white and Asian students.