Supreme Court Leaves in Place the Admissions Plan at Elite Virginia Public HS – GV Wire [Video]

■Supreme Court upholds admissions policy at elite Virginia school

■Policy overhaul in 2020 aimed to increase diversity without considering race

■Asian American representation decreased while Black and Hispanic representation increased

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday left in place the admissions policy at an elite public high school in Virginia that some parents claimed discriminates against highly qualified Asian Americans.

The court’s order, over the dissent of Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, ended a legal challenge to a policy that was overhauled in 2020 to increase diversity, without taking race into account.

A panel of the federal appeals court in Richmond had earlier upheld the constitutionality of the admissions policy at the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, a school frequently cited among the best in the nation.

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