Opinion ID: 900921
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Distance to the Sioux Falls School District

Text: [¶ 24.] The Board's only finding related to this factor indicates the Board has explored the issue of additional school sites and that its policy is to approve building where the students are. However, the finding fails to mention any current building plans. [¶ 25.] The record reflects that the Lennox School District operates schools in Lennox, Chancellor, Worthing and Tea. Distances from Candlelight Acres to these locations are as follows: Lennox, eighteen miles; Chancellor, twenty-three miles; Worthing, thirteen miles; and, Tea, five miles. Distances from Candlelight Acres to the closest schools in the Sioux Falls District are as follows: John F. Kennedy Elementary School, two miles; Memorial Middle School, five miles; Roosevelt High School, four miles. Thus, as found by the circuit court, the Petitioners are located within the city limits of Sioux Falls and are closer to the schools in the Sioux Falls School District than to those in the Lennox District. This factor also favors the Petitioner's petition.