"Not a single current member of the central board has a child in the city's public schools," the report said.

"I still think the central board should set policy," he said.

More than once, he was elected to its central board.

The central board had agreed to the program by January.

But few believe that the central board, in turn, has shown great management skills.

Under state law, the central board has responsibility for overall policy and high schools.

She has been in office since July 1982, according to central board records.

He said it was not up to him to determine whether there should be a central board.

"No one from the central board has called me," she said.

"Under the existing law, it's very difficult for the central board even to get involved."

By "they," he meant school officials at the city's central board of education.

"I don't think the central board can possibly reach out to every community," she said.

Only two of the seven members on the central board are appointed by the mayor.

During the fiscal crisis, he said, no central board jobs were cut.

The high schools are run by the central board from downtown Brooklyn.

It was monitored by the central board of education for more than six months and given every chance to reform itself.

If those boards failed to agree then there was a central board.

High schools and special schools are under the control of the central board.

We've got 5,400 bureaucrats at central board headquarters for 1 million kids.

They serve as individual departments, but is formally under central board.

He became a member of the party's central board.

He said, "The central board has been a place of controlling what goes on in the districts."

The central board is expected to rule on the request tomorrow or Thursday.

It was set up, with support from the teachers' union and the central board, to avoid patronage.

In some cases, the monitoring by the central board has deteriorated.