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[quote=Anonymous]At the link below, the Baltimore Sun article describes about how federal appeals court in MA struck down admission quotas for minorities at Boston Latin, in 1999.  A teenage white girl, who had been denied a spot at Latin although her admissions test score was higher than those of admitted minority applicants, brought the suit.  She was ultimately offered a spot, several years after she'd been turned away, under a court order.  Latin did not take the case to the Supreme Court under pressure from civil liberties groups.

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1999-02-05/news/9902050059_1_school-committee-supreme-court-appeals-court

I can't see SWW getting away with it's blatantly discriminatory, barely concealed "40% quota for whites" indefinitely.  Fast-changing city demographics don't bode well for the quota, and a Trump appointee to the high court, or multiple appointees, will position the court to beat down affirmative action preferences in higher education.  Test-in public schools around the country will be forced to take notice.  What happened in Boston is that, after the ruling, Latin dropped its admissions interview, used since the mid 80s to single out minority applicants for preferential treatment in admissions.  Asian families then stormed the program, white enrollment flat lined, and AA and Latino enrollment plummeted, clearly not what the school board had in mind when they persuaded Latin's board not to take the case to the Supreme Court.

What I see happening at SWW within the next few years is that some Cap Hill lawyer parent isn't going to take it sitting down when their strong BASIS or Washington Latin 8th grader is shut out of Walls, not when they can't afford private high school and Eastern and Dunbar are going nowhere for middle-class families.  They will file suit in the DC Superior Court, and DCPS will settle with them to avoid further litigation and bad publicity.  Walls will then drop its interview, as Boston Latin did.  Within a few more years, white plus Asian enrollment at SWW will shoot up, to above two-thirds.

Antwan Wilson, Grosso etc. can try to stem the tide of advanced white and Asian students in DCPS, but they'll fail.   Things are too far along now. [/quote]

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