DallasNews.com

Another Dallas-area school district has been sued in federal court over allegations that it is making it hard for residents of color to get elected, adversely affecting the education of minority and low-income children. The lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday, alleges that all seven Lewisville board members come from affluent, predominantly white neighborhoods because trustees are elected at-large rather than from single-member districts. As a result, the board fails students of color and those struggling financially because those children are receiving a "second-rate" education compared to their peers, particularly in elementary schools, the suit says. The lowest performing schools are those mostly serving poor, Hispanic children, while high performing schools are in the white, more affluent neighborhoods where trustees live. It's the second federal lawsuit in the past year that the Brewer Storefront has brought against a school district challenging how trustees are elected.