WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for a Virginia school board to admit more Black and Latino students — and slightly fewer Asian students — to a magnet high school for math and science.
The justices, over three dissents from conservatives, agreed with a federal appeals court that the school board may use "race neutral" means, including family income, to admit more Black and Latino students to the highly selective Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.
Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Neil M. Gorsuch voted to block the new policy, but gave no reasons for their decisions.
