Jenkins v. Tp. of Morris School Dist. and Bd. of Ed.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Jacobs, J.

The appellants sought to have the Commissioner of Education take suitable steps towards preventing Morris Township from withdrawing its students from Morristown High School and towards effectuating a merger of the Morris Township and Morristown school systems. The Commissioner was of the opinion that, even though such steps were highly desirable from an educational standpoint and to avoid racial imbalance, he lacked legal authority to take them and accordingly he dismissed the individual appellants’ petition and the appellant Morristown’s…