Education Department Launches Probe of Admissions Policy at Top Virginia High School

A lawsuit claims the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology discriminated against Asian American students.

Thomas Jefferson High School in Alexandria, Va., in August 2017. Google Maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times

The Department of Education is opening an investigation into Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) in Virginia over concerns that its admissions policy at a prestigious high school illegally discriminated against Asian American students.

The department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) said the probe was prompted in response to the Fairfax County School Board changing the admissions policy at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJ)—one of the nation’s top-ranked high schools—in 2020.