School Board Tells Supreme Court TJ High School Admissions Policy Doesn’t Discriminate Against Asian Americans

School Board Tells Supreme Court TJ High School Admissions Policy Doesn’t Discriminate Against Asian Americans
The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, on June 8, 2021. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo
Matthew Vadum
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The admissions policy of a top-notch magnet school in Virginia isn’t discriminatory toward Asian American students and isn’t attempting to achieve “racial balancing,” the Fairfax County School Board told the Supreme Court in response to an emergency application.

The emergency application in Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board, court file 21A590, was filed on April 8 and directed to Chief Justice John Roberts in his capacity as the high court’s overseer of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.