As expected, the Baltimore school board voted last night to close Grove Park Elementary/Middle School and three other schools they say have experienced declining enrollment.

But Helena Hicks said that isn’t the end of it.

The longtime civil rights activist vowed today to file a suit to stop the closure of Grove Park, located in Northwest Baltimore on Kennison Avenue. She said she hopes to include nearby Northwestern High School, also approved for closure, in the lawsuit.

“It’s race discrimination. They are only closing black schools,” said Grove Park resident Hicks, who lives in the neighborhood and whose sons attended the school. “They wouldn’t handle things this way if this was a white school.”

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