Board of Education of Chenoa Community Unit School District No. 9 v. Regional Board of School Trustees of McLean & De Witt Counties

PRESIDING JUSTICE MCCULLOUGH

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants Charles and Nancy Kahle, together with their 41/s-year-old son, are the only residents on a 160-acre farm owned by a family partnership in which all the Kahle family defendants have an interest. The Kahle defendants filed a petition to detach the 160 acres from the Chenoa Community Unit School District No. 9 (Chenoa district) and annex it to the bordering Lexington Community Unit School District No. 7 (Lexington district). Following a hearing on the petition, the Regional Board of School Trustees of McLean and De Witt…