Scope and Contents: Seymour P. Lachman served as a member of the Board of Education from 1969 to 1972. This series of subject files is limited to the period 1969-1972. Included are correspondence, memoranda, and reports on administrative and policy matters facing the first Board under the decentralized governance structure adopted in 1970. Major groups of files include those on litigation, on appeals adjudicated by the Board, on community school districts, and on ethnic issues.