Boston Declines an Appeal of Ruling on Admissions Policy

By Mark Walsh

The Boston school board voted last week not to seek a U.S. Supreme Court review of a federal appeals court ruling that struck down a race-conscious admissions policy at the district's prestigious Boston Latin School.

The board on Feb. 3 unanimously reversed an earlier decision to appeal the ruling after hearing from national civil rights advocates, who feared the high court might use the case as an opportunity to limit affirmative action.

"There was just a lot of concern about taking this case forward with the more conservative tilt of the Supreme Court," said Elizabeth...