Supreme Court to hear case on race in middle school admissions

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a case about the role race plays in middle school admissions, three years after a majority on the high court struck down affirmative action in college admissions.The case involves admissions to four selective middle schools in Montgomery County, Maryland, a diverse suburb of Washington, D.C. A group of parents said in a lawsuit that the district's admissions policy to four magnet schools is designed to boost the admission of Black and Latino students while disadvantaging Asian American kids.The high court said Monday it will weigh if the parent group has enough evidence of discrimination for the case to move forward.The case was originally dismissed because Asian American students were not underrepresented compared with their share of the applicant pool. Justices will now consider whether a group claiming to be targeted by a race-neutral policy must show it was disproportionately harmed in order to prove intentional discriminati