Lawyers Debate Motivations Behind Boston Exam School Changes
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Lawyers for a parent group and the Boston School Committee differed Tuesday on the motivations behind temporary changes in admissions to the city s exam schools. A representative of white and Asian parents argued the plan was racially motivated, while the committee s counsel cited the pandemic and several diversity goals.
The arguments came in a federal lawsuit filed by Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence that contends the admissions plan for this year discriminates against white and Asian applicants in some neighborhoods. Because COVID-19 prevented the administering of an admissions test, the school committee last fall adopted a plan for this year to use grades received before the pandemic and zip codes to select students for Boston Latin School, Boston Latin Academy and the John D. O Bryant School of Mathematics and Science.
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