A conservative legal advocacy organization is threatening to sue the Wauwatosa School District in federal court if it proceeds with closing a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math elementary school and other S.T.E.M. programs.
The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, known as WILL, claims the district would be violating the constitution for ‘racial balancing’.
The Wauwatosa School Board is mulling plans to close WSTEM Elementary School. A district task force report says the school currently lacks diversity.
Watch: TMJ4’s Ben Jordan investigates potential legal action involving Wawautosa’s STEM programs.
Why the Wauwatosa School District is facing potential legal action
WILL claims it would be illegal to move forward with that plan.
“Why does WILL believe shutting down this school would be illegal?” TMJ4 reporter Ben Jordan asked.
“The U.S. Constitution prohibits what’s called racial balancing which is to try to balance the type of students you have in a district …