The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/06/06/first-batch-of-lowell-high-lottery-kids-graduates-and-they-did-pretty-well-academically/SF's Lowell High School has already reversed its short-lived lottery admission policy, but the first graduating class from that era just graduated, with grades that were more or less close to the "merit-based" admissions students. A good deal of the 2022 Recall the SF School Board animus was likely brought on by a decision to end merit-based admissions at Lowell High School the previous year, as the prestigious (but not very diverse) high school moved to have students admitted by lottery instead of test scores. That system lasted one more year, but was ultimately undone because alumni groups sued, many parents were livid, and London Br

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