Dieckhoff v. Severson

BAUER, Chief Judge.

This case is a tale of two school districts. Plaintiffs-appellants, a group of minor children, their parents and other landowners (“Parents”), attempted to jump from one school district to another. At first, it appeared to be the best of times for Parents: they were granted administrative approval of their scheme to “detach” their land from one school district and “attach” it to the other. In the end, it was the worst of times: a referendum was called for and held, through which the jilted community resoundingly rejected Parents’ detachment/attachment scheme. Parents then…