2 Members Renamed To School Board

Mayor Goode has reappointed Ruth Hayre and Andrew Farnese to six-year terms on the Board of Education, but has deferred a decision on reappointing the third incumbent, Stanley Abelson, Goode's spokeswoman said yesterday.

His actions come at a time when parent groups have urged that he name a public-school parent to the board, and both major parties' mayoral candidates have urged him to leave the seats vacant for his successor to fill.

Spokeswoman Karen Warrington said Goode would either make the third choice shortly from the remaining seven names on a list sent to him by his Education Nominating Panel in July, or would ask for three more names. Abelson is on the list of seven.

She said that Goode "has not made a final decision" on Abelson.

"You should not construe from these two appointments that Mr. Abelson will or will not be reappointed," Warrington said. "He (Goode) is looking at each person very critically."

'PERSON BY PERSON'

She said the mayor took the unprecedented step of making two appointments rather than three at once because "he's going person by person, and these two are complete. When he finishes his process of evaluation for the third person, he'll make an announcement."

Farnese, 74, vice president of the board, said he received a letter from the mayor Tuesday notifying him of his reappointment. Hayre, 80, the board president, could not be reached for comment.

Hayre, a former teacher and school district administrator, was named to the board in 1985. Farnese, who has said his sponsor is State Sen. Vincent J. Fumo (D., Phila.), was appointed in April 1990 to fill out the unexpired term of Rosemarie Greco, who resigned.

Abelson, 68, is seeking another term on the board. An unusually active member, he often visits schools himself and discusses educational policy with principals, teachers and administrators.

Parent groups and other educational activists had urged Goode to appoint a public-school parent to the board, noting that all three incumbents were long past having children of their own in the schools.

STAMP ON POLICY

Democratic mayoral candidate Edward G. Rendell and his Republican opponent, Joseph M. Egan Jr., had urged Goode to defer the appointments so that the new mayor could quickly put his stamp on educational policy.