"The Supreme Court on Monday declined to block the new admissions policy for Virginia’s premier Thomas Jefferson High School over allegations its standards discriminate against Asian Americans. Conservative Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil M. Gorsuch and Samuel A. Alito Jr. would have granted the request to halt the admissions policy. The challenge was brought by the Coalition for TJ, a group of students and parents from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, challenging the Fairfax County School Board’s new admissions policy for one of the top STEM high schools in the country. They said the new policy was unconstitutional because it disenfranchised Asian American students, who in recent years have made up about 70% of the school’s student body.
The former admissions policy was based on an applicant’s grade point average, teacher recommendations, essays and a standardized test. But in 2020 after the death of George Floyd, a Black man killed by a White police officer in Minneapolis, the board decided to change admissions standards to make the process more inclusive. Some of the changes included eliminating the standardized test and reserving seats for students from underrepresented schools."
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