Matter of Welsh

CAVANAUGH, Judge:

In this case, the appellant, James Welsh, had a history of juvenile delinquency and had been placed in several programs. His history included elopement from several of these programs.

On April 27, 1981, the court below entered a further finding of delinquency and placed James under the care and supervision of St. Michael’s School for Boys, an institution which accepts juvenile males who are delinquent or dependent and has various vocational and technical programs for its residents. The residents are not physically confined at the school which operates under the supervision of…