Carver v. Bond/Fayette/Effingham Regional Board of School Trustees

In July 1988, petitioners Paul and Christine Carver, and James and Maxine Barth, sought to detach- their property from Mulberry Grove Community Unit School District No. 1 and to annex it to Carlyle Community Unit School District No. 1. Pursuant to the School Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 122, par. 7—2 et seq.), they filed a joint petition with the Regional Board of School Trustees of Bond, Fayette and Effingham Counties (the Mulberry Board) and with the Regional Board of School Trustees for Clinton and Washington Counties (the Carlyle Board). Following a hearing conducted before both groups…