 The minority of the board issued 1,000 new shares of stock in the school's governing corporation and were sued by other directors in an attempt to prevent this attempted end-run around the majority position.The sale of the shares was approved by Judge Wilson Ramshur in November 1999.Changes to the school's admissions policies, including a non-discrimination policy posted on the school's official website, were later instituted, allowing its graduates to qualify for the state's TOPS scholarship.