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PARENTS INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, Petitionerv.SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 1 et al.No. 5–908
from Part II - Participation and Access
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 April 2022
Argued December 4, 2006.Decided June 28, 2007.
Justice Charles LAWRENCE delivered the opinion of the Court.1
Plaintiffs Parents Involved in Community Schools (“Plaintiffs”) brought suit against Seattle School District No. 1 (“Defendant”); challenging an assignment plan that relied in part on racial “tiebreakers” to assign slots in oversubscribed high schools. In a separate action, McFarland v. Jefferson County Public Schools, parent and student plaintiffs challenged a school district’s race-conscious student assignment plan. In the Seattle case, the District Court granted the school district summary judgment, finding, inter alia, that its plan survived strict scrutiny on the federal constitutional claim because it was narrowly tailored to serve a compelling government interest. The Ninth Circuit affirmed. In the Jefferson County case, the District Court found that the school district had asserted a compelling interest in maintaining racially diverse schools, and that its plan was, in all relevant respects, narrowly tailored to serve that interest. The Sixth Circuit affirmed.
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