Board of Education v. Sobol

Board of Education v. Sobol, 164 Misc2d 411 (Sup. Ct. Albany Co. 1995), aff'd 226 A.D.2d 945 (3d Dep't 1996) involved a school district boundary line dispute. The Supreme Court and the Appellate Division affirmed the Commissioner of Education's decision that the property at issue was within the boundaries of the school district (the Ogdensburg Enlarged City School District) that it had been considered a part of since 1901. In making their determination, the courts considered, among other things, that the property had been on the Ogdensburg Enlarged City School District's tax-exempt rolls since 1927 and had provided tuition-free educational services to the residents of the property at issue without objection from the other school district.