Federal Judge Questions Discrimination Case Against Admissions Plan for Boston Exam Schools
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The federal judge hearing a lawsuit that alleges racial discrimination in Boston s new, temporary plan for admission to the city s exam schools sounded notes of skepticism Tuesday about the case brought by a group of Asian and white parents.
The suit, filed by the Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence, argues that a plan the school committee adopted for this fall is an unconstitutionally race-based system that disadvantages white and Asian students. Under the plan, 20% of seats in Boston Latin School, Boston Latin Academy and the John D. O Bryant School of Mathematics and Science would be filled in rank order by grade point averages achieved before the pandemic. The remaining 80% would be allocated to students with qualifying GPAs based on zip codes, with those who live in the lowest-income zip codes getting to choose first.
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A federal judge said Tuesday he hopes to rule by April 15 on a lawsuit against the Boston School Committee's system for selecting exam-school students without exams either in time for students to get notified of their selection this spring - or to order officials to quickly come up with a new way of selecting students for the schools before the fall.
Adult supervisor for BPS student group accused at news conference of psychological abuse
By Laura Crimaldi Globe Staff,Updated March 6, 2021, 6:55 p.m.
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Khymani James spoke at a Saturday press conference along with other students who recently resigned from leadership roles at the Boston Public Schools.Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff
A group of students who recently resigned from leadership roles at the Boston Public Schools accused an adult supervisor of psychological abuse during a news conference on Saturday, describing regular sessions during which teenagers were encouraged to share deeply personal information and cry.
Addressing reporters inside the Roxbury building that houses BPS headquarters, three students gave what they said were accounts of their experiences at gatherings known as âRC,â which they said stands for re-evaluation counseling, a controversial, peer-based therapy established in the 1950s by Carl Harvey Jackins.
Several students resigned from leadership positions in protest of what they called the disrespect, manipulation and “adultism” of district leaders and staff.