For example, if an educational program for underachieving students helps a certain race, that could violate the judge's order as it stands now, she said. We don't think there should be an injunction at all. Find that the school system is unitary. The board voted 5-4 to appeal this point. Rule that magnet school lottery was unconstitutional.
Magnets are specialty schools that admit students based on race-balance goals.
The board voted 6-3 to appeal. The school system should pay Bill Capacchione's legal fees. Capacchione sued the system in 1997, challenging the consideration of race in magnet school admissions. He moved to California in 1998. The emotional board discussion and vote Wednesday took place before a predominantly black audience that favored an appeal.