Gandt v. Joint School District No. 3

Sec. 40.53, Stats., provides that school boards of all school districts operating public elementary schools shall provide transportation to and from school for all pupils residing in the district two miles or more from the nearest public school they may attend. In Pagel v. School Dist. (1924), 184 Wis. 251, 199 N. W. 67, it was held that travel on a private road is included in ascertaining the distance between home and school.

The question involved is whether or not the distance between the home of the plaintiff and the school attended by his children entitles him to compensation for the cost…