Welsch v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

The appellants, Marvin A. and Joan Welsch, are the parents of a socially and emotionally disturbed child. In December 1976 for reasons which they believed were compelling, the Welsches on their own initiative enrolled their child in a private residential school for socially and emotionally disturbed children located in Connecticut. Lower Merion, the Welsches’ local School District, was then seeking appropriate placement for the child in an approved private residential school in the Commonwealth.

The appellants, believing that the best interest of their child lies in his…