TAMPA, Fla. - Despite a unanimous vote by the Hillsborough County School Board to shut it down, Walton Academy for the Performing Arts in Tampa remained open on Wednesday, defying district orders and setting up a potential legal showdown.

What we know:

Hillsborough school board members voted Tuesday evening to immediately terminate Walton Academy’s charter, citing repeated safety violations that district leaders said put students at risk.

The next morning, however, the school opened its doors as if nothing had changed.

"They're completely ignoring something that was effective immediately," said Hillsborough County School Board member Nadia Combs. "To see that completely disregarded is just shocking and the district is going to seek an injunction in circuit court to stop them from o

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