Our latest fact sheet summarizes five legal challenges to recently-revised admissions policies used to determine which students can gain access to specialized middle and high schools. Such challenges have emerged in Philadelphia, PA (2022); Fairfax County, VA (2021); Boston, MA (2021); Montgomery County, MD (2020); and New York City, NY (2018).
The original complaints for these cases can be found below:
PHILADELPHIA, PA
Sargent, et al. v. School District of Philadelphia (2022)
PA_Sargent_Complaint
FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA
Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board (2021)
VA_TJ_Complaint
BOSTON, MA
Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence Corporation v. The School Committee of the City of Boston, et al. (2021)
MA_Boston School Comm Complaint
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD
Ass’n for Education Fairness v. Montgomery County Board of Education (2020)
MD_Montgomery County_Complaint
NEW YORK, NY
Christa McAuliffe Intermediate School PTO v. Bill de Blasio (2018)
NY_Christa McAuliffe_Complaint