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Reports that in the wake of disclosures heard on tapes made by school superintendent Colman Glen, Chancellor Bernard Mecklowitz has suspended nine members of the board of School District 27 in Queens, New York for improperly influencing appointments. Other school board suspensions in New York City recently; What was heard on the tapes.

Reports that Colman Genn, 53, testified before the Joint Commission on Integrity in Public Schools in Manhattan that school board members in School District 27 in Queens pressured him into filling unnecessary jobs with their friends and supporters. Genn taped the conversations; Genn's contract renewal; Role of James C. Sullivan.

Describes the corruption in two Brooklyn schools, where superintendents say that their school boards hired a total of 150 unneeded people to patrol cafeterias and perform clerical chores at a cost of almost $2 million a year. `Undue pressure' exerted on personnel officers.

Discusses a new instance of corruption in New York City's local school districts: Two Brooklyn superintendents have told an investigative panel that they were pressured to hire relatives and friends of school board members. At stake for one of the superintendents was the renewal of his contract.