SCOTUS denies review of Boston Latin race-based plan
Justices Samuel Alito, on the left; Center: Clarence Thomas, in the center; Neil Gorsuch, on the right

On the left is Samuel Alito, in the center is Clarence Thomas, and on the right is Neil Gorsuch.

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The Supreme Court declined to review a race-based challenge to an admissions policy in place for one year at three prestigious Boston public schools, although three conservative justices dissented. Boston Latin School, the oldest public school in the country established in 1635, along with two other selective schools in Boston, implemented a temporary admissions plan during the COVID-19 pandemic. This temporary plan considered student grade-point averages, ZIP codes, and family income instead of standardized test scores. The objective was to address racial disparities in admissions by using admissions quotas by ZIP code and ranking students based on grades and income. The schools utilized this approach only for the 2021-22 academic year due to the challenges of administering standardized tests during the pandemic, reverting to a GPA-based system the following year.

A group of parents and students filed a lawsuit, claiming violations of state and federal Equal Protection Clauses on the grounds that the plan disproportionately affected Asian and white students.

The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit sided with the schools and held that the plaintiffs failed to show any relevant disparate impact on white and Asian students, given that the two groups were overrepresented, and that there had been no discriminatory intent in adopting the plan. The court ruled that evidence submitted by the coalition “falls woefully short of the mark” in proving that the schools’ plan made it disproportionately hard for white and Asian students to gain acceptance, and called the coalition’s statistical analysis a “sleight of hand.”

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