In re John M.

This motion presents the issue of whether a Family Court Judge pursuant to section 255 of the Family Court Act may order the Superintendent of a Community School Board to place a child in a particular school.

*673On February 14, 1973, Mildred M., at the direction of the Board of Education, filed a petition in Family Court against her son, John M., alleging that he was a person in need of supervision. The petition alleged that John M. was a truant.

The truancy had allegedly started at about the time of John’s transfer to a new school where he was subjected to extreme and cruel ridicule as a result…