Proviso Township High School No. 209 v. Oak Park & River Forest Township High School District No. 200

Kenneth Wright, a boy of high school age, residing at River Forest, in the western part of the Oak Park and River Forest Township High School District, applied to the county superintendent of schools of Cook county for admission to the Proviso township high school. The county superintendent, by a letter addressed to the principal of the Proviso township high school, assented to the transfer, stating in the letter: “As it is much more convenient for him [Kenneth Wright] to attend the Proviso high school I am giving my approval for his transfer. See section 96, School law of Illinois. The high…