Pacific Legal Foundation Attorney Erin Wilcox speaks at a news conference outside the federal courthouse on March 10, 2021, in Alexandria, Va., where her organization filed a lawsuit against Fairfax County’s School Board, alleging discrimination against Asian Americans over its revised admissions process for the elite Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.
A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, upheld the constitutionality of a new admissions policy at the elite public high school in Virginia that critics say discriminates against highly qualified Asian Americans.
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Alexandria High School diversity program passes test
One of the state’s best high schools has won a court case this week over a revamp of its admission process to increase enrollment of Black and Latino students.
