Mays Ex Rel. Mays v. Board of Education of the Hamburg School District

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

A group of parents, patrons, and students (“plaintiffs”) of the Hamburg School District (“District”) appeal the district court’s 1 order granting the District’s motion to approve the closure of the Wilmot Elementary School (‘Wilmot”) and to modify the gifted and talented (GT) requirements for the District. We affirm.

I. Background

In .1988, the -plaintiffs sued the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE), the Director of the ADE, the District’s Board of Education (“Board”), and the District’s superintendent under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging race discrimination in violation of…