New Castle Area School District Application

PER CURIAM,

The New Castle Area School District initiated this proceeding by filing a petition requesting court approval to fund an unfunded debt of $698,000. In due course, notice of the hearing on the petition was given to the local government unit and its taxpayers, and a public hearing on the petition was held before the court en banc on April 7, 1977.

The courts of this Commonwealth do not function as super school authorities. The responsibility for the proper operation of a school district was imposed by the legislature upon the duly elected school directors and not on the courts. Hence,…