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Group of White and Asian Parents Sue BPS Over Exam School Admissions Policy
- Post AuthorBy Henry Wolff
- Post DateThu Jun 09 2022
Agroup of white and Asian parents is suing Boston Public Schools, seeking to have a federal appeals court force the district to admit at least five of their children into the system’s elite exam schools.
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal appeals court in Boston, the Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence argues that a temporary admission policy based on ZIP codes last year deprived their children of seats in the schools {snip}
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But Lisa Green of the Boston Coalition for Education Equity said their the lawsuit’s primary argument “seeks to effectively prohibit any consideration of race in government decision-making.”
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