Manning v. Regional Board of School Trustees of Ogle County

The Regional Board of School Trustees of Ogle County appeals from the judgment of the circuit court of Ogle County reversing the decision of the Regional Board of School Trustees of Ogle County (hereafter “Board”) which denied the plaintiffs’ petition for detachment.

The plaintiffs are individuals whose children had formerly attended Chana Elementary School located in Oregon Community Unit School District No. 220. Upon learning that the Chana school was to be abandoned and that their children would be assigned to the Oregon Community School District, the plaintiffs petitioned to have the area…