Judge rejects St. Louis area mother's school admission suit
La'Shieka White sued the Voluntary Interdistrict Choice Corporation in May claiming her son, a third-grader, was unable to keep attending the Gateway Science Academy, where he'd been since kindergarten, because of his race and because the family moved out of St. Louis to the Pattonville school district, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported (http://j.mp/29CQFf9 ).
The judge also agreed with the VICC's lawyers, who said a race-based program can't be challenged on equal protection grounds if the court has not declared that the school system has eliminated the effects of past segregation.
Joshua Thompson, attorney for the Pacific Legal Foundation, which represented White, called the ruling "deeply disappointing" and said they're prepared to take the case to the Supreme Court, "if necessary, to stop St. Louis-area schools from turning away students based on their color."