Federal Judge Allows Racial Discrimination Suit Against Virginia School Board to Go Ahead

Federal Judge Allows Racial Discrimination Suit Against Virginia School Board to Go Ahead
Thomas Jefferson High School in Alexandria, Va., in August 2017. Google Maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
Matthew Vadum
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A parents’ group may proceed with its lawsuit claiming new admissions policies at an elite public high school in Fairfax County, Virginia, discriminate against Asian Americans, a federal judge ruled.

The civil rights lawsuit, Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board, was filed in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, on March 10 by the Sacramento, California-based Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF), a national public interest law firm.