Using race as a factor in grade school student placement Audio of the event Preview of the event Join Professor Scott Moss and George Mason Law School Professor Michael Krauss (right) for discussion about two recently heard U.S. Supreme Court cases — Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education. Thursday March 22, Room 325 at 12:15 p.m. Questions contact andrew.hitt@mu.edu. Sponsored by the Federalist Society. A summary of Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education courtesy of Duke Law "Meredith sued the Jefferson County Board of Education for an injunction barring the use of its system for admitting students to all of its schools. For twenty-five years, the Board maintained an integrated school system under a 1975 federal court decree. After being released from that decree in 2000, the Board developed a school assignment plan to maintain integrated schools. The plaintiffs in this case, who include students and their parents, argue that the Board's student assignment plan violates their rights under the Equal Protection Clause of the United States. The 2001 Plan requires each school to have an enrollment of black students between 15% and 50% of the school population. Besides race, placement is determined by factors such as place of residence, school capacity, program popularity, random draw, and the student's choice."