- Posted September 17, 2014
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Parents lose lawsuit over Grosse Pointe school map
GROSSE POINTE FARMS (AP) - A judge has dismissed a lawsuit by parents who say their civil rights are being violated by a map that keeps their children out of Grosse Pointe South High School.
The families live in a part of Grosse Pointe Farms that's in the attendance zone of Grosse Pointe North High. They claim the map violates their rights because other residents in Grosse Pointe Farms go to South.
Federal Judge Patrick Duggan swept aside those arguments Monday and ruled in favor of the district. Duggan says he's "slightly troubled" that a lawyer for the parents compared their situation to the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down racial segregation in schools. Race isn't an issue.
Duggan says there's no constitutional right to attend South High or choose classmates.
Published: Wed, Sep 17, 2014
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