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MftCANl NOWdPENTO THE PUBLIC! New Subway Link Has Tram Fans Worrying TRAM from Page 19 LiOMDii iSr7.vi-'fr-i& IS franchise agreement between the city and state, the trams fare must be 25-cents above the subway fare, and ridership has declined since the subway opened Oct. 29, she said. Island residents and operators alike fear the will be unwilling to subsidize a sizable deficit If you look at the state financial picture lately, its been sounding more like 1975 or 1977 again. Were under a mandate to minimize any deficit Abramson said. The state hopes the new city administration will consider changes in the current franchise agreement, such as reducing or dropping the requirement to turn over 7 percent of the trams operating revenue to the city, Abramson said.

The tram also has streamlined operations by starting to install automatic token marfiirma that could save as much as $400,000 a year, said Paul Jordan, president of Ropeway Engineering, the company that runs the tram. With the hope of enticing more New Yorkers to use the tram to the island, an exercise course has been built along the rivers edge, and plans are being considered for building an indoor tennis pavilion near the tram and subway stations. And walking tour maps of the island will be distributed at tourist spots throughout the city. Troubling times for the tram come just as its reputation is spreading. When Universal Studios' park opens next May, a mqjor feature will be Kongfrontation, where visitors board a replica of the Roosevelt Island tram for a ride through a sound stage of New York and several harrowing confrontations with King Kong; Universal spokeswoman Carolina Albrecht said.

Meanwhile, Roosevelt Island senior citizens have organized a Save the Tram group thats collected 2,000 signatures. Board Fires Superintendent As Financial Woes Persist ALL MERCHANDISE DISCOUNTED UPTO YOUR CHOICE! 4 CHAIRS TABLE OR ALL CHINA OFF 99900 11 A SCHOOLS from Page 19 LIVING ROOM PLUS SOFA, LOVES EAT A FREE CHAIRS 245 CONVERTIBLE CRIB BED r0' r0' parents anger stemmed from a lack of prior notice about the meeting and its late hour. Notices for the meeting were sent to district schools on Monday, the day before Election Day a school holiday. School boards are required to give 48 hours notice before' holding a meeting. Board President Shirley Stroud said 48 hours notice was given, but parents said Election Day should not be counted.

About two dozen parents were present at the meeting. I think its unbelievable that the school board decided to hold a meeting with no effective notice for parents on an issue as important to this community as firing a superintendent, Jon Moscow, a parent from Central Park East Secondary School, said to the board. Mary Ann Rogers-Wright, a parent from Manhattan East School, told board members that they should appoint an acting superintendent to run the district until June, 1990, the end of Medinas term. She said that person should not be Acting Superintendent Walker. Several parents shouted at Rogers-Wright and told her Walker was not to blame for the districts problems.

I support you. Miss Walker, said Regina Ross, a former board member who stepped down last May. You are a woman of integrity, and I will not let them bury the hatchet in your back. Privately, Moscow said the dwti-fat needs a unifying force as superintendent. That cant happen with Mias Walker as superintendent," he said.

She has become a symbol of the division. But former board members Miriam Concepcion-Co-lon and Rosa Santana said only a small group of people want to see Walker replaced. Several parents said the blame for many of the districts money problems should be placed on the shoulders of the central Board, which only recognizes the existence of 20 schools in the district Parents there are 52 different schools in 20 school buildings. The members of Parents for Choice aaiH they received assurance from Board of Education President Robert F. Wagner Jr.

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