"The Berkeley (CA) Board of Education will consider, at its February 3 meeting, whether or not to cancel before and after school Science Labs for Advanced Placement Science classes at Berkeley High School because the classes are attended largely by white students. The proposal is aimed at addressing 'Berkeley's dismal racial achievement gap'According to published reports, the proposal to cancel the science labs and re-allocate the money for five teaching positions to an unspecified program of 'equity grants' to help struggling 'minority' students comes from Berkeley High School Principal Jim Slemp and the school's Governance Council."