1998).
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private placement was appropriate because the public school education was
inadequate. Id. at 780. The administrative process ended in April of a school
year, and the administrative ruling was that the entire school year should be
paid for by the public school. Id.Also, as here, the school district filed an appeal
in district court in April. Unlike here, in June, the St. Tammany parents
counterclaimed for compensation for the next school year. Id. at 781. Such a
counterclaim is what HISD argued and the district judge accepted had to be
made here, but it never was.       The St. Tammany parents sought an order
declaring the private school placement to be the correct one, and requiring
payments for the next school year to be made by the public school district. In
August, as the new school year was beginning, the district court granted the
parents their requested relief. Id.
      The district court’s ruling was immediately appealed. Id. We concluded
that a stay-put order qualifies as a collateral order for