The Supreme Court is being asked to hear a lawsuit against Thomas Jefferson High School, arguing the nation’s top-ranked high school is discriminating by race in its admissions.
Pacific Legal Foundation filed a petition for the court to take up the case they brought on behalf of Coalition for TJ, a group of parents at the school and community members who argue administrators have a roundabout way of filtering for race in admissions that violates the Supreme Court’s June ruling against affirmative action policies.
“The Supreme Court made clear in Students for Fair Admission that the Constitution bans discrimination based on race, full stop,” Joshua Thompson, a senior attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation, told Fox News Digital. “TJ’s admission overhaul tried to hide its discriminatory purpose behind a patina of race-neutrality. But the school’s proxy discrimination clearly violated Chief Justice Robert’s warning against indirect discrimination.”
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia, serves as a strong track to the Ivy League. Parents in the region compete fiercely for a spot, with current admissions costing $100 per application and focusing heavily on standardized testing as a measure.
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The Supreme Court is being asked to hear a lawsuit against Thomas Jefferson High School, arguing the nation’s top-ranked high school is discriminating by race in its admissions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
The Fairfax County School Board has attempted to address racial disparities among the student body, particularly the low numbers of Black and Hispanic students. While the school does not expressly filter for race, it instead implemented geographic quotas, guaranteeing admission to the top students of each middle school in the county. The school also factored income into the equation.
Fox News Digital reached out to the school board for comment on Pacific…
