Irwin v. Crawford

Candler and Hawkins, Justices,

concurring specially. While we concur in the ruling in this case that, under Code (Ann.) § 32-915, a county board of education is only authorized to consolidate “two or more schools into one school,” and is not authorized by that section to consolidate a portion only of one school with another, yet county boards of education do have authority to transfer pupils from one school to another, if in their judgment it is to the best interest of the pupils or the schools; and, in the exercise by the boards of education of that discretion, the courts will not interfere unless there be a gross abuse of discretion. Keener v. Board of Education of Gwinnett County, 188 Ga. 299 (3 S. E. 2d 886); Fordham v. Harrell, 197 Ga. 135 (28 S. E. 2d 463); Pass v. Pickens, 204 Ga. 629 (51 S. E. 2d 405); Walker v. McKenzie, 209 Ga. 653 (74 S. E. 2d 870).