having more ethnic minorities than the north). In 2006, a challenge to Seattle's racial tie-breaking system made it to the United States Supreme Court. Where the Supreme Court decided that race was not a legal criterion for desegregation, but left the door open for desegregation formulas based on other indicators (e.g., income or socio-economic class). And in 2002, West Seattle's West Seattle High School made headlines in the midst of protests of the school's "Indian" mascot. Despite bitter battles between SPS and Alumni Association President and Attorney Robert Zoffel, the school would later change its mascot to the "Wildcats". A small section of the city is in the Highline School District. Public Schools Most public schools in Seattle are part of the Seattle School District, but a few in the southern portion of the city are part of the Renton School District. Seattle Public Schools: High Schools Seattle Public Schools: K-12 Seattle Public Schools: Middle Schools Seattle Public Schools: K-8 Seattle Public School: Elementary Schools Private Secondary Schools The public school system is supplemented by a moderate number of private schools: five of the high schools are Catholic, one is Lutheran, and seven are secular. Bishop Blanchet High School Holy Names Academy O'Dea High School Seattle Preparatory School Seattle Lutheran High School The Bush School Lakeside School Seattle Waldorf School Northwest School Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences University Prep Dartmoor School Puget Sound Community School Weekend education The Seattle Japanese School, a Japanese weekend supplementary school, holds its classes in nearby Bellevue. References Archives Seattle Education Association records. 1958-1985 2.00 cubic feet. At the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Seattle Teachers' Association records. 1958-1969. 16 boxes. At the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.