Sue for injunctive relief (equal treatment required, yearly instruction of administrative staff in the requirements of the First Amendment, etc.) and, most importantly, imposing an on-going monitoring process to insure compliance with the injunctive order.
With the plaintiffs’ attorneys being able to choose a significant minority of the compliance commmittee seats. Everyone on the compliance committee to be paid for their diligent labor. By the school districts in question.
I’d love to serve on such a committee and retire with a yacht named “Compliance”.
Individual board members, principals, administrators, etc. don’t worry about you getting injunctive relief. No personal loss, years to get, etc.
Ask for a few million, go personal against the individual board members, principals, administrators, etc.as well as against the district, as they “exceeded their legal authority,” move to sever their defense from that of the districts as they may have opposing interests, etc.
Then they have to pay their own lawyers, who tell them “....well, you never know what a jury that thinks school taxes are too high and the schools are indiscipline's and out of control are going to do.....”
Then they settle for a sealed $25,000 per student paid out in four years to help with college... and loads of $ to the lawyer of record.... and they settle before lunch!
I may not know much case law in the state systems, but I pound on the table just fine... and when not enjoined by some anti-first ammemdment judge, I give better interviews than Jessie Jackson ever did on his best day!
I used to study Old Racehorse Haynes in Houston and Jim Bob Brown up in Canyon, Near Amarillo.
When ever they tried a capitol case or a plaintif’s claim for more than $10,000,000, every lawyer within 100 miles was there, becase “The School Was About To Be In.” There were no motel rooms availavle so every small camper in town was rented as a combination sleepin working place.