Commonwealth ex rel. School District v. Ross

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

The appellees, Earl Ross, Sr. and Jane Rixey Ross, his wife, were convicted by a district magistrate in summary proceedings of violating the compulsory school attendance law1 by failing to send their two children to vocational training classes held at a school other than the one in which the children were enrolled. Their appeal was sustained by the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. The School District of Pittsburgh has appealed the lower court’s order.

On a day in June, 1972, the Ross children, sixth graders assigned to the Linden Elementary School of the School…