                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                            FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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                                       No. 98-41454
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                                  JOAN W. MATHEWS,
                                                                          Plaintiff-Appellant,
                                             versus

LUFKIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT; ANDRA SELF, Individually &
as a member of the Board of Trustees, Lufkin Independent School District; JOHN
KOCH, JR., Individually & as a member of the Board of Trustees, Lufkin
Independent School District; DOUG ASHBURN, Individually & as a member of
the Board of Trustees, Lufkin Independent School District; CHARLES
CROWSON, Individually & as a member of the Board of Trustees, Lufkin
Independent School District; STANLEY NEW, Individually & as a member of the
Board of Trustees, Lufkin Independent School District; LARRY KEGLER,
Member of the Board of Trustees, Lufkin Independent School District; JOE
DOUGLAS, III, Member of the Board of Trustees, Lufkin Independent School
District; PABLO TORRES, Individually & as Elementary School Principal, Lufkin
Independent School District,

                                                 Defendants-Appellees.
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               Appeal from the United States District Court
                    for the Eastern District of Texas
                             (9:96-CV-479)
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                            November 5, 1999

Before DUHÉ, BARKSDALE, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges:

PER CURIAM:*
         AFFIRMED. See 5th Cir. Rule 47.6.




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           Pursuant to 5th Cir. Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be
published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. Rule
47.5.4.
