SOS Alford v. School Board of Jackson County

WIGGINTON, Judge.

Appellants, a voluntary unincorporated association and several individual parents whose children are affected, appeal the action of the Jackson County School Board in eliminating the seventh and eighth grades from Alford School, which heretofore consisted of grades K-8, and transferring the affected students to Cottondale High School, which consists of grades K-12. We affirm.

We have carefully considered all of the briefs and appendices filed in this case, the record before us, and the oral arguments made by the parties. Appellants’ argument has some merit and we fully…