{"id":1343599,"date":"2022-02-25T14:11:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T19:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1343599"},"modified":"2022-02-25T19:22:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T00:22:42","slug":"fairfax-county-school-officials-broke-law-reducing-asian-american-enrollment-judge-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fairfax-county-school-officials-broke-law-reducing-asian-american-enrollment-judge-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairfax County School Officials Broke Law Reducing Asian American Enrollment, Judge Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffairfax-county-school-officials-broke-law-reducing-asian-american-enrollment-judge-rules%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1343599&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-115866185.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A federal judge ruled Friday that school officials in Fairfax County, Virginia, violated the law by altering admissions requirements at the nation\u2019s top-ranked high school, since the changes discriminated against Asian Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in the Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) system, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-high-schools\/virginia\/districts\/fairfax-county-public-schools\/thomas-jefferson-high-school-for-science-and-technology-20461\">ranked<\/a> by U.S. News &#038; World Report as the best school nationwide, came under fire last year for abolishing an entrance exam at which Asian students excelled, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-high-schools\/virginia\/districts\/fairfax-county-public-schools\/thomas-jefferson-high-school-for-science-and-technology-20461\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported. Community members, represented by Pacific Legal Foundation,\u00a0filed a lawsuit against the school board last March.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton for Virginia\u2019s Eastern District ruled that the admissions process change was discriminatory toward Asian American students. The school board had adopted an equity policy to balance racial groups, thereby gutting an exam on which Asians performed well, and accepting other minorities who did not do well largely on the test.<\/p>\n<p>The first class of students under the new district policy showed Asian students were admitted in lesser numbers, The Daily Wire had reported in June 2021. There was a 54% reduction in Asian students, while an overwhelming 80% of parents said in two PTA polls that the admissions policy should continue like before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a monumental win for parents and students here in Fairfax County, but also for equal treatment in education across the country,\u201d attorney Erin Wilcox for Pacific Legal Foundation said in a statement. \u201cWe hope this ruling sends the message that government cannot choose who receives the opportunity to attend public schools based on race or ethnicity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asra Nomani, who co-founded the community member coalition opposing Fairfax County Public Schools\u2019 policy, applauded Judge Hilton for his ruling. \u201cIt is a victory for equality under the law, merit education and the American Dream,\u201d said Nomani, vice president for investigations at Parents Defending Education. \u201cWe are so grateful to the team at Pacific Legal Foundation for being relentless defenders of justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hilton, who was appointed by former President Ronald Reagan, wrote in his ruling that \u201cdiscussion of TJ admissions changes was infected with talk of racial balancing from its inception.\u201d In addition to that, school board members\u00a0\u201csought to use geography to obtain their desired racial outcome.\u201d The judge wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><i>Even aside from the statements confirming that the board\u2019s goal was to bring racial balance to TJ, the board\u2019s requests for racial data demonstrate discriminatory intent. \u2026 Discriminatory intent does not require racial animus. What matters is that the board acted at least in part because of, not merely in spite of, the policy\u2019s adverse effects upon an identifiable group.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThat is the case here,\u201d the judge continued. \u201cThe board\u2019s policy was designed to increase Black and Hispanic enrollment, which would, by necessity, decrease the representation of Asian-Americans at TJ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Admissions for the high school were previously race-blind and merit-based. The Fairfax school board also began awarding bonus points for things like attendance at a middle school that typically did not send many students to Thomas Jefferson, and mandated high school seats for 1.5% of every eighth grade middle school grade in the district.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-j7qwjs\">\n<div id=\"post-body-text\">\n<div class=\"e1nzmkc90 css-1s0j25g\">\n<div class=\"css-j7qwjs\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"e1nzmkc90 css-1s0j25g\">\n<div class=\"css-j7qwjs\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"e1nzmkc90 css-1s0j25g\">\n<div class=\"css-j7qwjs\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"e1nzmkc90 css-1s0j25g\">\n<div class=\"css-j7qwjs\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"e1nzmkc90 css-1s0j25g\">\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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