Two parents have filed a lawsuit against the Brevard County School Board, accusing members of discriminating against minorities when they voted in February to close three schools.

The lawsuit accuses the board and the school district, itself, of violating constitutional anti-discrimination laws.

The district has previously said the school closures would save around $3 million, and are needed to balance a $30 million budget deficit next school year.

The emergency injunction, filed by Orlando Civil Rights Attorney Shayan Elahi, will ask a judge to review the case immediately.

Elahi said a ruling in the case could happen later this week.

The two parents in the lawsuit have children who attend South Lake Elementary School in Titusville, one of three schools the board voted to close last month.

The suit cites data saying that South Lake Elementary "ranks fifth highest in minority rate for elementary schools across the entire county, and also has the county's third highest population of economically disadvantaged students. Closure of South Lake was recommended despite the fact that many of its students were relocated there the preceding year because of the closure of Riverview Elementary."

It also states two of the other schools slated to close -- Gardendale Elementary, in Merritt Island, and Clearlake Middle School, in Cocoa -- serve "an area populated largely by low-income, African-American families."

A fourth school -- Sea Park Elementary, in Satellite Beach -- was also considered for closure, but the school board voted to keep it open.

But according to the lawsuit, "Sea Park happens to be one of the lowest minority schools in the county, ranked 49th out of 55 schools, and has an 83 percent Caucasian population."

"We want to look behind the curtain and see what is going on," said Elahi during a news conference Monday afternoon outside the Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Justice Center, in Viera. "How come other schools in more affluent, non-minority areas were not on the chopping block? These are questions that must be asked."

"These are not easy questions to ask," Elahi continued. "Nobody likes to accuse anyone of racism or nefarious activities, but sometimes things add up and answers must be had, and that's why we're here."

A spokesperson for Brevard Public Schools would not comment in reaction to the lawsuit until the district's lawyers had an opportunity to review it.