Boston Parents Lose Challenge to Prestige School Admissions Plan

A Boston parents coalition can’t revive their challenge to a now-defunct admissions plan for three prestigious public schools because it failed to show it had a disparate impact, necessary to invoke strict scrutiny, the First Circuit ruled.

The Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence Corp. sought to pursue injunctive relief on behalf of five students denied admission under the plan during the 2021-2002 school year, which was superseded by another plan after the suit was filed. With injunctive relief now moot, they sought to remand to the district court with instructions to order the committee to admit the five students. ...