NYC Public School Parents: News flash! The mayor appoints someone qualified to sit on the Panel for Educational Policy!

NYC Public School Parents: News flash! The mayor appoints someone qualified to sit on the Panel for Educational Policy!:

News flash! The mayor appoints someone qualified to sit on the Panel for Educational Policy!

by Leonie Haimson

I am surprised that the DOE has not yet released any biographical information for Judy Bergtraum, the new member of the Panel for Educational Policy, whose appointment was announced several weeks ago. She is from a well-known and educationally prominent Queens family, and until recently, was a Community Education Council member and president from District 25.

Her mother was Edith Bergtraum, a teacher at Public School 143 in Corona for 25 years, who was also member of Community School Board District 25 in 1974 for 19 years. After her death, an elementary school in Queens (PS 165 in District 25) was renamed in Edith's memory.

Her father was Murry Bergtraum, who was a member of the NYC Board of Education from 1969-1973, first as its VP and then its president until his death in 1973. He