Newberg v. Board of Public Education

SPAETH, President Judge:

This case is before us on two appeals, which have been consolidated. The first of the appeals will be quashed. On the second appeal, we affirm.

The action is a class action seeking the admission of females to Central High School.1 The named Plaintiffs are three female students whose applications for admission to Central were denied only because they were female. The defendants are the Board of Public Education, the School District of Philadelphia, the Superintendent of Schools, and the Associate Superintendent for Field Operations. After a hearing on the plaintiffs’…