The Board of Education refused three requests at its meeting last night, explaining that no new programs should be installed in the school system until a permanent superintendent has been appointed. A new school director should not be asked to direct projects that may not suit his philosophy or liking, board members pointed out last night. A superintendent, they said, should be responsible for the whole educational set-up. "It's a question of timing," Joseph Woodruff stated while recommending that the proposal of Joe Franklin, band director, to start a summer music program this year be turned down. "It has been very unfortunate," said President R.H. Snyder in reference to the untimely death of Superintendent Earle R. Seidner in March after only eight months in office...

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