Pruchniak v. School Board of Elk Point-Jefferson School District 61-7

SABERS, Justice.

[¶ 1.] A group of homeowners (the “Pruehniak group”) residing in a rural housing development in Union County, South Dakota, petitioned for a minor boundary change to transfer their property from the Elk Point-Jefferson (“EP-J”) School District to the Dakota Valley (“DV”) School District. The EP-J School Board combined the Pruehniak group’s petition with a similar petition filed by homeowners (the “Anthony group”) from the same development, and denied the request. The circuit court denied the Pruehniak group’s appeal holding that it was proper for the EP-J School Board to…