Clemons v. Bottom

CULLEN, Commissioner.

In an action brought by a group of citizens and taxpayers, judgment was entered requiring the board of education of Warren County to reopen an elementary school at Woodburn, which is a small community in the southern part of Warren County. The judgment was based upon a finding that the board had abused its discretion in closing the school. The board appeals from the judgment.

Prior to 1942, there was a combined high school and elementary school at Woodburn, and another such combined school at Rich-pond, some four miles to the north of Woodburn. In 1942 the main school…