The lawsuit comes weeks before a trial involving the same school district in which a black student alleges she was named “co-valedictorian” with a white student, even though the white student had a lower grade-point average. [White student made ‘co-valedictorian’ with black student, despite having lower GPA, lawsuit claims]In 2017, Mississippi’s Cleveland School District desegregated after a federal judge found it was operating an illegal dual system for black and white children. A new school, Cleveland Central High, opened after two other schools — one on the historically white side of town, one on the historically black side of town — combined. The suit alleges the points, awarded for more challenging classes, were taken from students at the historically black school, but not from students at the historically white school. She said students from East Side High School, Cleveland’s historically black school, had to “make the best” out of their new high school’s grading decisions.

Source: Washington Post May 01, 2019 16:18 UTC