Beene v. County Board of Education

Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.

This appeal-stems from the efforts of two School Districts to consolidate and thereby avoid the effects of Initiated Act No. 1 of 1948,1 since, united, the two Districts would have had more than 350 pupils. The Districts, both in Columbia County, were Atlanta School District No. 9 (hereinafter called “Atlanta”), and Calhoun District No. 3 (hereinafter called ‘ ‘ Calhoun ”).

On November 30, 1948, a petition was filed with the Columbia County Board of Education, purporting to contain the signatures of a majority of the qualified electors of the Atlanta District, and…