A Virginia school district is under attack once again for its ‘equality’ programs – this time, the district sent letters offering college preparation classes to its students, but only if they were black or Hispanic.
On February 21st, parents of eighth-grade students were asked whether their children considered attending college and if they could benefit from college preparation classes.
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The letter said lessons were only available to economically disadvantaged students, those with disabilities, non-native English speakers, those who would be the first in their families to attend college, and black and Hispanic students.
The exclusive resources included academic counseling, monthly meetings, assistance with college applications, a summer stay on a college campus, news and information about the college, and family information sessions.
The program’s resources were not offered to students outside the specified demographics.
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This isn’t the school district’s first. Asra Nomani, the journalist who obtained the letter, outlined the district’s past transgressions in a tweet regarding this most recent incident. The violations included withholding merit scholarships for Asian students.
“In 2021, federal Judge Claude Hilton ruled the Fairfax County School Board implemented illegal, unconstitutional, anti-Asian admissions to America’s No. 1 high school. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. In December 2022 and January 2023, the Fairfax County superintendent admitted principals at high schools, including TJHSST, withheld National Merit awards from students, with disparate impact on Asian students. In March 2023, Fairfax County Public Schools is promoting a college prep program based on race to Black and Hispanic students, excluding Asian and white students as qualified for the program by race.”
4/4 The Commonwealth of Virginia and its school boards perpetuated anti-Black racism. When already are you going to take control of the Fairfax County school board and STOP its anti-Asian racism?
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Every person of conscience in Fairfax County, VA— Asra Nomani (@AsraNomani) March 8, 2023
The father who initially sounded the alarm on the policy, Glenn Miller, tweeted about how the discrimination is worse than it appears. He argued that the program does not just offer resources for college application but that it’s a core part of applying.
“The email doesn’t even accurately describe the CPP. The problem is that email is the gateway to the program and likely determines who applies or not. Whomever wrote it either sloppily (or intentionally) excluded various minority racial groups. Just one more blunder by FCPS.”
Miller ripped into the program, telling the Fairfax County Times it violates the school’s anti-discrimination policy.
“This program excludes children based on race, and it seems to be in direct violation of the school district’s own anti-discrimination policy.”
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Miller appears correct, as the policy explicitly bans the type of discrimination this program engages in.
“No applicant or employee on the basis of, of race, sex, color, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, pregnancy status, childbirth or related medical conditions, marital status, veteran status, and disability shall be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under, any education program or activity, as required by law.”
Thomas Jefferson High school was forced into a humiliating apology over its withholding of merit awards, which angry parents said could have impacted children’s college applications. Virginia GOP Governor Glenn Youngkin even launched a formal probe by state lawyers. What the response to this latest incident is, for now, unknown.
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