Parents and staff of a Mount Auburn charter school will wait a little longer to learn its fate.

        Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Norbert Nadel did not rule on a request for a temporary restraining order sought by administrators and parents to keep the school open because the case may be moved to federal court.

        Classes end Friday and summer school is supposed to start next month. But several lawsuits have put the nearly 650-student school's future in doubt.

        The board of trustees of Sabis International School of Cincinnati last year canceled its contract with Sabis Educational Systems Inc., saying it wants a new management company to run the school's daily operations.

        The Minnesota-based management firm then sued the board for breach of contract. Parents, too, are suing the school board, claiming the board's action to close the school occurred during an illegal meeting.

        In March, the board sued to have the school closed, saying the management company was improperly profiting from the nonprofit school.

        School administrators and parents came to court Friday, seeking a temporary restraining order to keep the school open. But Judge Nadel said he no longer had jurisdiction because board attorney James R. Greene III filed a notice Friday morning to move the case to federal court.

        Outside court, Mr. Greene denied that the school board wants to shut the school. In April, the board sued in federal court alleging fraud and corruption, saying the state failed to properly audit and assist the school.

        “There will be a school (in the fall),” Mr. Greene said, “but it won't be Sabis.”

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