LEE COUNTY SC. DIST. v. MLD CH. SC. ACADEMY

No. 26255.

371 S.C. 561 (2007)

641 S.E.2d 24

LEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Appellant, v. MLD CHARTER SCHOOL ACADEMY PLANNING COMMITTEE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided January 29, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Boykin and Karla McLawhorn Hawkins, of Boykin, Davis, Hawkins & Caldwell, L.L.C., of Columbia, for Appellant.

Cathy Hoefer McCabe, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

Kenneth L. Childs, William F. Halligan, John M. Reagle, Allison Aiken Hanna, all of Childs & Halligan, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae Laurens County School Districts 55 & 56.


Justice BURNETT:

Respondent MLD Charter School Academy Planning Committee (the Academy) appealed the decision of Appellant Lee County School District Board of Trustees (Lee Board) denying its application for a charter school. The State Board of Education (State Board) reversed the decision of the Lee Board and the circuit court affirmed. We affirm as modified.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

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