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MORGAN v. POLK COUNTY BD. OF EDUC.

No. 8429SC653.

328 S.E.2d 320 (1985)

Norman MORGAN individually and as guardian ad litem for Jennifer Ann Morgan; Truman Arlander Davis, Jr., individually and as guardian ad litem for Thad William Davis; Jerry Edwards Price individually and as guardian ad litem for Kimberly Rae Price; William Claudy Pack individually and as guardian ad litem for Angela Gail Pack; Benjamin L. Lynch individually and as guardian ad litem for Brandon James Lynch, Petitioners, v. The POLK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, a body corporate; Roy L. Morgan, Willie Arledge, Fred Earl Foster, Phyllis H. Crain, and Kenneth Williams, constituting members of said Polk County Board of Education; James E. Benfield, Superintendent of Polk County Public Schools and ex officio Secretary of The Polk County Board of Education; and Anne Carswell, School Finance Officer of the Polk County Public Schools, Respondents, and The State Board of Education of North Carolina, Respondent-Intervenor.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 16, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Redmond, Stevens, Loftin & Currie by Thomas R. West, Asheville, for petitioners-appellants.

McFarland, Key & McFarland by Hugh L. Key, Jr., Tryon, for respondents-appellees Polk County Bd. of Educ., et al.

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Senior Deputy Atty. Gen. Andrew A. Vanore, Jr., and Special Deputy Atty. Gen. Edwin M. Speas, Jr., Raleigh, for respondent-intervenor appellee The State Bd. of Educ. of North Carolina.

JOHNSON, Judge.

In the spring of 1983, the National Commission on Excellence in Education and the Task Force for Economic Growth submitted reports to the United States Department of Education and the Education Commission of the States, respectively, in which they questioned the sufficiency of the existing education system to meet the demands of the future. As a result of these reports, it was recommended that all states consider increasing the length of the school...

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