The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that it has reached a voluntary settlement with the Jersey City Board of Education in a deal that ends race- and national origin-based admissions practices at one of New Jersey’s top public high schools.
“This week the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the Jersey City Board of Education entered a voluntary settlement agreement to end race and national origin discrimination in student admissions at Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School,” the Justice Department said in a statement.
The agreement ends a federal probe into the school’s admissions process and requires the district to change how it selects students for the selective college-preparatory campus. It may no longer reserve seats based on race or national origin….