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Help Wanted, For Sale, For RentOUR EXPANDED/ M A o c i c i r n a n cV i - n v i w i i I L . U n u oSTART PAGE 28A HOLIDAY LIST OFTHINGS TO DO TOBEGIN THE SEASONSee What%u2019s Happening, Page 25Moms Visit Ms.Minkowitz%u2019s ClassParents Get Bird%u2019s Eye View In Open School W eek, Page 3Post OfficeDelivers ChangesNew Chief Institutes Effort ToStreamline Service, Page 4Cougars Are KingFor The W eekendGet A ll The Local SportsNews, Starting Page 36PBejbMXBrubeck tickling the ivories.A Spiritual BruA n o n c C f 1 3 m n c j %m. a %u25a0 %u25a0 *jrJazz Great Dave BrubeckPlays Spiritual Concert InNew St. fam es Space, Page 15To Calm Tempers AtSlope/South Brooklyn School BoardBY ROB TAYLORThe simmering problems involving the childrenfrom the Brooklyn Arms Hotel who attend P.S. 38in Boerum Hill exploded into a shouting matchamd had to be calmed by a police officer duringtne regular monthly meeting o f Community SchoolBoard 15 Nov. 20 at I.S. 88 in Park Slope whenthe childrens%u2019 parents demanded that the board immediately address their grievances.The issue that the mainly Mack and Hispanicparents claim involves their childrens%u2019 safety andtheir own membership in the school ParentTeaeher Association, followed an equally divisiveboard decision appointing a new assistant principalto P.S. 58 in Carroll Gardens. The arguments ap-*%u00ab %u2022\W o n u n tivnopposing factions on the board ihai has lasted overthe past five monthly meetings.%u201c We are outraged that the board has sat in*silence while the children from the Brooklyn ArmsHotel had their rights abused,%u201d charged ChrisJackson, a candidate for the school board who wasdefeated in the May, 1986 election and has helpedorganize parents at the homeless shelter. Jackson,who ran as a candidate on the Parents%u2019 slate, accused that same group o f board members o f %u201cignoring%u201d the problems at P.S. 38.%u201c Ironically, it is Mr. Kaplan, whom I opposedin this year%u2019s election, that has shown the mostconcern for minority issues on the board,%u201d he said.Philip Kaplan, who was the board president fornearly 1 6 7 ears, was ousted from that post a yearago by a coalition of five board members. Afterthe May election, Kaplan%u2019s remaining allies werereduced to three o f nine elected members of thenew board %u2014 himself, Peggy Buffalano and theD w P ratipic M o n v nThe problems parents from the Brooklyn ArmsHotel say they have had at P.S. 38 have plaguedthe district for a number o f years. This year, theparents have charged that several teachers in theContinued on Pag* 3The Ice Season ComethBY L IZ KOCHWhen Morris Ashkenazi beganice skating in Brooklyn severaldecades ago, he formed his firstpair o f ice skates out o f tin cansand then proceeded to down his iceslicked street. Saturday, as strainsof The Crystals singing %u201c Walkingin the Sand%u201d played over the loudspeakers, Ashkenazi was out onthe ice in Prospect Park, performing Shirley Temple maneuvers onthe ice and paying dose attentionto his outer blades, concernedabout his form.It was a bad day for skaters o fevery ability and technical expertiseto adorn the ice at the ProspectPark Rink, pink pom poms bouncing on the front o f dainty whiteskates and thick scarves waving inthe wind despite the sun thatwarmed the skaters. Opening dayat the Prospect Park rink broughtout long-time aficionados of theslippery sport and parents attempting to convert their five year oldsinto coordinated gliders.Young teenagers circled the rinkholding hands and emitting occasional shrill shrieks, while 16-yearold Mary Langan from Bay RidgeContinued on Page 7