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AP reports: “A federal appeals court has ruled that about 70 white students who were turned away when they tried to transfer into the Mumford school district can return to their classrooms on Monday.”

“The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted an emergency stay Friday to allow the students to remain until a hearing in early October. The students had transferred to Mumford from lower-performing schools in nearby Hearne.”

A case of “white flight?” Some argue so.

“Students, some of whom have attended the 460-student Mumford district since kindergarten, were banned earlier this week after U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice ruled that their transfers violated federal desegregation laws by significantly altering the racial makeup of the school districts.”

A closer analysis reveals it’s more about a flight to better education.

“This is an education flee. They’re running to get an education. It’s not about race or color,” said Tim Johnson, a 1985 graduate of Hearne High, whose son attends Mumford.

So much for academic freedom.

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