ST. LOUIS • The reorganization of the Ferguson-Florissant School District can continue despite claims of discrimination from the city of Berkeley, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

The city and five Berkeley families have sued the school district to try to stop the closure of Airport Elementary School and the conversion of McCluer South-Berkeley High School to a selective magnet school, among other changes.

The redistricting plan “does not eliminate all schools from the city of Berkeley,” U.S. District Judge Ronnie White said Thursday in denying the plaintiffs’ request for a temporary restraining order to halt the plan.

In his ruling, White said the redistricting plan had been chosen “to benefit the entire district community.”

One of the families who filed in February the lawsuit against the district lives two blocks from Airport school, said Eric Banks, attorney for Berkeley and the families.