stability for the loads of passengers still stranded in airports throughout the country. staggering numbers of cancellations and delays and finger pointing to employees now of who to blame. mike tobin is at the chicago airport, good evening, mike. reporter: good evening, southwest executives promised to return to normal operation. secretary pete buttigieg sends out a letter scolding the airline of problems that were quote, within controls of the airlines, the secretary monitors the airlines making good on everything on reimbursements and returning home. nearly 2500 flights were canceled and bulk of them is southwest. the boss issuing another apology. my personal apology is the first step of making things right after many plans changed and experiences fell short of your expectations of us. we are continuing to work to make this up to you and you will hear more about that soon. but for now, we are focused on reliability and level of customer experience of what we expect o
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case alleging discrimination against Asian American students in admissions at the elite Thomas Jefferson (TJ) High School for Science and Technology in Virginia. About the case: The case challenged the Fairfax County School Board's admissions policy at the high school, which previously adopted what the school board claims to be race-neutral criteria to achieve a diverse student body in December 2020. The Coalition for TJ, a group of mostly Asian American parents of prospective students, argued it unfairly penalized Asian American students based on race.
Plaintiffs challenging race-based admissions at Thomas Jefferson High School and free-speech codes at Virginia Tech are seeking Supreme Court. intervention in pair of Virginia education lawsuits.
certificates, unceremonially. a parent who was part of the student s advocacy group, coalition for tj says this crosses the line. all of these educators to have children teaching them their full potential and not limit their potentials. that s what they have done. they betrayed the trust of our community. district officials are pushing back and hard on the claims made by parents. according to the district, this was a one-time human error in the fall of 2022. the statement continues to read in part, counselors and e-mails and making follow-up calls to each college where students applied and inform them of the national merit scholarship accomodation to suggest a deliberate intent to withhold in information is inaccurate and contrary to the values of fairfax county schools. official will