Article: NEW LENOX, UNION DISTRICTS

NEW LENOX - A battle is brewing between two school districts over 18 acres of land in the middle of a massive proposed subdivision. At issue is whether it's OK for the New Lenox School District to build a school on donated land that sits just outside of its boundaries.

"There is going to be a school of a different district in our neighborhood, which will effect our tax base," said Barbara Littlejohn, superintendent of the Union School District, where the New Lenox school will be built. "Build it in your district. That's where schools are supposed to be built."

The New Lenox school site sits in the middle of the planned 473-acre Eagle Ridge Estates at Haven Avenue and Nelson Road. The ...

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