Merchant v. Regional Board of School Trustees of Lake County, Illinois

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
School Districts
Citation
Case Number: 
2014 IL App (2d) 131277
Decision Date: 
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
District: 
2d Dist.
Division/County: 
Lake Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
JORGENSEN
Petitioners sought to detach their subdivision from boundaries of two school districts and annex it into boundaries of two different school districts. Regional School Board denied petition, after hearing. Given evidence as to travel times and distances to schools, and factors of "community of interest" and "whole child", and property values, and that evidence on Petitioners' preferences was uncontroverted, evidence showed that granting petition will provide some educational benefit to students of Petitioners' subdivision. Thus, Regional Board in finding otherwise; affirming circuit court's ruling reversing Regional Board's decision. (McLAREN and SPENCE, concurring.)