Opinion filed October 21, 2010

                                                                       In The

  Eleventh Court of Appeals

                                                                   __________

                                                         No. 11-10-00246-CV

                                                    __________

                            JIMMY RAY YATES ET AL, Appellants

                                                             V.

      ABILENE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ET AL, Appellees

                                   On Appeal from the 350th District Court

                                                            Taylor County, Texas

                                                   Trial Court Cause No. 244445-B

                                            M E M O R A N D U M   O P I N I O N

            The parties have filed in this court a joint motion to dismiss the appeal.  The motion is granted, and the appeal is dismissed.

                                                                                                PER CURIAM

October 21, 2010

Panel consists of:  Wright, C.J.,

McCall, J., and Strange, J.