Cord-Charlotte School District No. 8 v. Independence County Board of Education

Frank Holt, Justice.

This case involves the validity of the transfer of 31 students by the Independence County School Board, pursuant to their parents’ petition, from the Cord-Charlotte School District No. 8 to the adjoining Newark School District No. 33. Both districts are in that county.

It appears that in 1951, the Cord area and Charlotte area were consolidated into one district. In 1972, after a study of the facilities in the district, the State Board of Education recommended, inter alia, that the facilities (the elementary school at Cord and the high school at Charlotte) be consolidated or…