Fromm v. Will County Board of School Trustees

This appeal arises from the denial by the Will County Board of School Trustees of a petition to detach 4,000 acres of land from the Joliet high school district and to annex to the Minooka high school district. On administrative review, the Circuit Court of Will County affirmed the order of the Board and plaintiffs appeal.

Ten persons owning 24 of the 4,000 acres located in a rural area south of Joliet, signed the petition. Approximately eight children reside in the area, two of whom were high school age and who attended Minooka high school in Grundy County as tuition-paying nonresidents of the…