Last week, three Virginia schools admitted to withholding merit awards from students in the name of equity.
Three days ago, the number of schools went up to seven.
Yesterday afternoon, the Daily Mail reported that as many as 13 schools had done this:
REVEALED: At least THIRTEEN Virginia high schools delayed merit awards until after college admissions as state AG says they are specifically targeting Asian American studentsAt least 13 Virginia high schools are under investigation after failing to deliver merit awards prior to college admissions, with the state attorney general alleging that the move specifically targeted Asian American students.Following the case against 11 Fairfax and Loudoun County high schools, officials from Prince William County Public Schools revealed two of their schools did not tell 16 students they had earned a National Merit award.Attorney General Jason Miyares condemned the schools’ actions as the state launched an investigation over alleged Anti-Asian bigotry.The National Merit awards are only given to 50,000 of 1.5million high schoolers who score well on the PSATS – and can help students compete for scholarships, honors accolades, and college admissions.The state’s investigation is looking into the administration’s decisions to withhold the National Merit Scholarship honors from students and if it violates the Virginia Human Rights Act.Miyares said that one mom in the Fairfax School district lamented that her daughter had done everything right since the first grade to excel academically.’She studied so hard, and now she’s realizing she may not go to the school of her dreams because of who she is, a Korean American,’ Miyares said. ‘That goes against everything we believe in this country.’
On the same day, that number jumped to 16 schools.
WJLA News reported:
16 high schools in northern Virginia didn’t notify students of national merit recognitionAs of Tuesday, 16 high schools in northern Virginia delayed notification to students of their national merit recognition. 7News reported Monday that there were 13 but the number has since jumped after Loudoun County added one additional school Tuesday and Prince William County added two schools.On Monday, Two Prince William County high schools didn’t notify students of their national merit recognition in time for important college scholarship and admissions deadlines, the school district told 7News.The school system blames “accidental administrative oversight” for not telling students last September.
Accidental oversight? Really? That might be acceptable if this had happened at one school, maybe two. But 16? What is going on here?
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin is not pleased, and his attorney general is looking into this.
The progressive concept of “equity” is a rejection of the equality of opportunity and a commitment to equality of outcome. Let’s be frank. This is communism, and it’s antithetical to everything the United States of America was founded upon.
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