Board of Education of Clay County v. Bowling

Judge Cammack

Reversing.

This case involves the question as to whether elementary school pupils attending two schools on Highway 16 in Clay County are required to walk more than a reasonable distance to school. 'Specifically the case relates to the plaintiff’s children whose walking distances do not exceed two miles. A few children, however, walk a little more than two miles to school. In holding that the pupils were required to walk an unreasonable distance to school, the chancellor said: “Taking into consideration the type of road, the hazards connected with walking on it, the fact that there…