Knapp v. Hearing Board of the County Board of School Trustees

Pursuant to section 7 — 2.4 of the School Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 122, par. 7—2.4), plaintiffs filed a petition with the County Board of School Trustees of McLean County seeking detachment of a 40-acre tract from defendant Community Unit District No. 5 of the McLean and Woodford Counties (Unit 5) and attachment of that tract to Bloomington School District No. 87, McLean County, a special charter district (District 87). After a hearing, the Hearing Board denied the petition. Upon review pursuant to the Administrative Review Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 110, pars. 264 to 279), the…