IN RE FORMATION OF INDEP. SCHOOL DISTRICT

No. 58 MAP 2020 No. 59 MAP 2020.

260 A.3d 925 (2021)

IN RE: Appeal for FORMATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT CONSISTING OF the BOROUGH OF HIGHSPIRE, DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pennsylvania Appeal of: Middletown Area School District In re: Appeal for Formation of Independent School District Consisting of the Borough of Highspire, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Appeal of: Steelton-highspire School District

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: October 7, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Francis Canamucio, Esq. , Stuart Lee Knade, Esq. , Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA), for Amicus Curiae PSEA.

Jeffrey D. Litts, Esq. , Kegel Kelin Almy & Lord LLP, for Appellant Middletown Area School District.

Vincent L. Champion, Esq. , Champion Law Office LLC, for Appellee Steelton-Highspire School District.

Anthony Lucido, Esq. , William D. Powell, Esq. , Adam Christopher Zei, Esq. , Johnson, Duffle, Stewart & Weidner, P.C., for Appellee Highspire Education Coalition.

BAER, C.J., SAYLOR, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.


OPINION

In this case, a majority of the taxable inhabitants of Highspire Borough (the "Coalition") filed a petition seeking to be established as a school district independent from Steelton-Highspire School District ("SHSD") for the sole purpose of having the new school district be absorbed into the...

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