A decision about whether Frisco ISD’s at-large voting system prevents minority candidates from getting elected to the board of trustees is now in the hands of U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant.
His ruling, which will draw on the evidence and testimony presented in federal court in Sherman last week, is expected at a later date.
The suit, filed in April 2019, called on FISD to alter its at-large system into single-member districts for board members. Under the current system, every board member represents the entire district rather than specified geographic areas of the district.
Brewer Storefront, the law firm that filed the suit on behalf of Frisco resident Suresh Kumar, has sued other local school districts, including Richardson and Lewisville ISDs, in an effort to change their at-large systems. LISD’s suit is pending, and RISD reached a settlement that has the district converting five of its seven board seats to single-member districts.
