The objection of the United Parents Association to the selection of Jacob Greenberg as Associate Superintendent of Schools, as made public Friday in a letter to George J. Ryan, president of the Board of Education, had “nothing to do with me but with the method of selection used by the board,” Mr. Greenberg told a Jewish Daily Bulletin reporter. “No objection to me personally was made,” he said.
The Parents Association charged the Board of Education with reversing its own declared policy in naming Mr. Greenberg to his new post. The board, the Parents Association stated, had declared a policy favoring nomination of associate superintendents by the superintendent.
The letter to Mr. Ryan, expressing the chagrin of the U. P. A. in the manner of the selection of Mr. Greenberg, follows:
“We are not a little disappointed at the methods whereby a vacancy for the position of associate superintendent of schools was filled. We had felt confident that the Board of Education would carry out the policy expressed last winter when, by endorsing the Graves report, part 1, and approving the bill to write its recommendations into the Education Law, the board concurred in the principle that the superintendent of schools should choose his associates.
“The fact that this bill has not yet become law does not, in our opinion, alter the immediate situation, since it is within the power of the board to request the superintendent to make his recommendation for this appointment.
“As you know, the United Parents Association is of the opinion that great advantages will accrue to the school system when the major recommendations of the Graves report, part 1, are carried out, and we are, therefore, interested in seeing those which may be applied now put into practice with all possible speed for the benefit of the children of the city.”
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