Parents Defending Education Reply Brief in Wellesley Public Schools Lawsuit

On December 8, 2021, Parents Defending Education (PDE) filed a reply brief in its lawsuit against Massachusetts’s Wellesley Public Schools. PDE asked the court for a preliminary injunction, a court order that would stop the district, while the case goes on, from keeping students out of affinity-group sessions or other school-sponsored activities because of their race.

Specifically, PDE asked the court to bar the district from:

  • labeling affinity-group sessions or other school-sponsored activities as only for certain racial groups
  • inviting students to these sessions or activities based on their race

Read the full brief below:


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