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Newsday from New York, New York • 3

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Resolutions Closing 2 Schools Adopted by Chancellors Panel Ml aa- By Randy Banner Bayside Resolutions to close PS 130 and PS 177 were adopted yesterday by the board of trustees appointed by Schools Chancellor Frank Macchiarola to supersede Community School Board 26. At a public meeting at IS 158, the trustee boards president, Helene Lloyd, said that the decision to close the schools was "regrettable and made after "much deliberation. "For the fall, schools in every district in the city will be closed, said Ms. Lloyd, after recounting the events leading up to the trustees decision. "The good of the district and the good of the children were prime considerations.

After a meeting with the three trustees, Macchiarola is to take the decision to the Board of Education, which then must vote on the matter at a public meeting. The central board later will surrender the buildings to the Board of Estimate. Earlier this week, the trustees called two public hearings to receive public opinion on the proposal to close the schools. More than 300 parents, teachers and legislators attended the sessions at IS 74 in Bayside. Procedures to rezone students and staff at the schools will begin after next weeks Easter recess, according to Joseph Saccente, appointed by the chancellor to serve as administrator for the dosings.

Saccente said he will meet with parents and teachers before making any placements. "I realize that parents aren't going to be happy to see any schools dosed, he said. "But Board 26 saw this coming for a long time and did nothing to take matters into its own hands. But no matter what happens now, well do whats best for the children. Board 26 President Jack Como said that the chancellors decision was "upsetting and disappointing.

"Aside from our appeal to State Education Commissioner Gordon Ambach, Como said, "the board has not decided upon a course of action. Now is a time to reflect on whats happened. It's just unfortunate that the parents, although I understand their feelings, are not striking out against the Board of Education rather than venting their anger against the local board they elected. Lorraine Zecher, PTA president at PS 130 in Bayside, called the decision "unjustified" and said her school would unite with PS 177 in Fresh Meadows in its fight against the decision. "Just because they voted doesn't mean that we're going to let up, Mrs.

Zecher said. "If they think theyre going to transfer my child and make him walk to school across areas and traffic intersections, theyve got another thing coming. Mrs. Zecher said that she and about 50 other parents picketed Comos home for about an hour last night. She said that Como apparently was not at home, but that she left a letter asking him to call the board together to reconsider whether it might choose two other schools to be dosed.

Mrs. Zecher said she didn't think it was too late for the chancellor to reverse his order if the board cooperated. Como could not be reached for comment last night. Mrs. Zecher also said that the PTA at PS 130 is sending telegrams to each of the Board 26 members, demanding to meet with them at 8 PM Tuesday at IS 74.

She was instrumental in organizing a walkathon yesterday in which more than 300 students walked from PS 130 to PS 31 and PS 159, two schools to which the children could be reassigned. Parents from PS 177 have indicated that they will consult with their attorney, David Gruber of Great Neck, before taking further action. "I expected an affirmative vote by the trustees, said Malcolm Hirshan, acting principal at PS 177. "But I also thought that they would at least bring back some kind of response from Macchiarola. The disbelief and despair here at the school remains strong.

Newtday Photo by William Suii Jr. Students at PS 130 at start of walkathon A Museum on the Deck of History military air exhibits, an Air and Space Technologies Hall, a Pioneers Hall featuring the re-creation of a ship-borne landing in 1911 by a Curtis pusher plane, and a theater to show the sensations of flight and carrier activity. Rear Adm. Bruce Newell, chief of Navy information, said the service was donating Intrepid to the nonprofit museum foundation in anticipation that it "will perhaps be the most successful, significant maritime museum ever. James R.

Ean, president of the foundation, said $2.5 million has been donated privately to fund it and another $14 million will be sought in a bond issue. The foundation is at 53 W. 43rd St. The ship will be towed here from Philadelphia, where it last served actively as the host ship for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Bicentennial Exposition.

Exactly 36 years ago yesterday, the Intrepid was hit by a kamikaze plane off Okinawa and heavily damaged. Nine crewmen were killed and 21 wounded. The ship is to be converted to a museum by Bethlehem Steel in Bayonne, N.J., and be opened to the public toward the end of this year at Pier 86 at 46th Street and the Hudson River, according to Fisher. The city will spend $1.8 million to refurbish the pier, which will be leased to the foundation. Koch said the museum will provide 30 jobs and related activities will employ as many as 700 more.

New York (AP) The USS Intrepid, the World War II attack aircraft carrier that sank more than 80 enemy ships and destroyed more than 600 aircraft, will be berthed in New York later this year as a Sea-Air-Space museum, Mayor Edward I. Koch said yesterday. The 900-foot vessel, which also was the recovery ship for astronauts Scott Carpenter, Virgil I. Grissom and John Young in their Mercury and Gemini space shots, will not only remind visitors of the past, but also herald future technological achievements, Koch said. "It will enhance the port, he said at a news conference in City Hall Park, where there was a display of a model of the ship, as well as 30-foot-high reproduction of the lunar landing module and a 5-foot-high replica of the space shuttle Columbia.

Koch punted to the lunar module and said, "It looks like a Rube Goldberg device. He mentioned the Columbias flight and said, "Its incredible how far we come. Zachery Fisher, the New York builder who spearheaded the drive to save the Intrepid it had been scheduled for the scrap heap after 1976 said the 37-year-old carrier would be outfitted to portray "some of our proud heritage as part of America's naval and air history and what we might be. An exhibit of aircraft on the flight deck, will trace aviation history through the years, he said, while the hangar deck will have more civil and 0 Mayor Koch with model of aircraft carrier Intrepid.

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