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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not in a position to sue as a parent.  My white kid was admitted Walls. A lawyer who friend who does some work for the anti-affirmative action group Students for Fair Admissions tells me that where Walls could wind up in legal hot water is in their use of an interview to identify minority applicants.  Apparently, that's where Boston Latin fell down in 1998 in the McLaughlin suit, brought by a white father whose white daughter was denied admission. The US Court of Appeals ruled against the Boston school system. The $60,000 question is what happens in the Chapel Hil and Harvard affirmative action cases at the Supreme Court in the spring.  I'm told that if the SC rules that race cannot be considered in college admissions, as expected, magnet high schools in US cities will come under new pressure to support race-blind admissions processes (without interviews). Perhaps the silver lining will be that DCPS may finally start to put resources in elementary and middle school GT programs in predominantly low SES schools.[/quote]

I know three Black kids from Deal who made the grade cutoff and interviewed at Walls last year.  All three were waitlisted, and none of them made it off the waitlist.  I wonder how those litigious white parents will explain that fact when they file their lawsuit alleging that Walls is only interviewing “to identify [and admit] minority applicants.”  I also know about 5 white students who were direct admits (no waitlist).  All of these students had about a 3.7 GPA.  Hmm…

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I agree, it’s more likely that Walls is discriminating against Black applicants more now, not intentionally, but because a quick interview to determine “fit” is fertile ground for unconscious bias. I haven’t seen any demographic data to suggest they’re enrolling fewer white kids.[/quote]

That’s because they’re NOT enrolling fewer white students under this new process.  The number of white students has actually increased since quarantine started.[/quote]

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