re: AP & Honors classes to be partly decided by skin color, not intelligence?

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Says who? In a public setting? Of course it is. Resources are finite. The only way to do that is to divert a disproportionate amount of resources from one group to another based on their race. Which when you read this schools "how" is exactly what they plan to do.

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Well luckily they have an endowment and private-public partnership.

BUT most importantly, Virginia schools receive various levels of accreditation, and here is what their most recent report (November of 2016) noted:

VIRGINIA BOARD OF EDUCATION’S 2016 ANNUAL REPORT ON THE CONDITION AND NEEDS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN VIRGINIA

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The Board will advance proposed revisions to the Regulations Establishing Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia to capture its new accountability system, and will put forward a state plan for the implementation of ESSA in early 2017.

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Greater attention and support must be provided to school communities with high poverty where achievement and opportunity gaps persist.

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And according to their budget, they expect 61% of their students to qualify for free and reduced lunches, the highest in their region and well above the state average of about 40%.

Budget

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Winchester has the highest Free & Reduced Meal Eligibility percentage in Region IV.

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So it looks like the state is going to focus on the opportunity gaps for accreditation review. So it seems reasonable that they put this vision in their to show that they are trying to improve the access.