Sentence:  Two members of the Democratic-endorsed majority on the school board said they probably would vote to <WSD>appeal</WSD> a ruling by the state Board of Education , which said yesterday that the school committee acted improperly in its appointment of the coordinator , Francis P. Nolan 3 rd , the Democratic-endorsed committee chairman , could not be reached for comment . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  take a court case to a higher court for review