Walton County Board of Education v. Academy of Social Circle

Undercofler, Justice.

In 1953 the Board of Education of Walton County and the Board of Trustees of the Academy of Social Circle, an independent city public school system, entered into a twenty-five-year contract for the education of certain students. It provided generally that the city board would enroll white students from a designated area of Walton County and the county board would enroll black students from Social Circle. Provisions were made in the contract for transportation and payment of the cost of education of these students. In July, 1968 the United States District Court for the…