Kreeger v. Drummond

The question presented is whether the board of education-in a county may, in its discretion, with the approval of the State Board' of Education, close a high school in a union school and transfer the high school pupils to other high schools in adjoining districts.

Prior to the enactment of Chapter 562, Public Laws of 1933, this Court held in the case of Clark v. McQueen, 195 N.C. 714, 143 S.E. 528, that the board of education in a county, in this State, had the power, in the exercise of its discretion, to discontinue a high school in a union school, theretofore established by such board, in a…