
    In the Matter of H. Gene Samuel, Respondent, v Richard E. Mace, Sr., as Superintendent of Schools of the Penfield Central School District, et al. Appellants.
    (Appeal No. 1.)
   — Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Under the circumstances of this case, we perceive no impropriety in Supreme Court’s rejection of respondents’ abandonment argument (see, 22 NYCRR 202.48 [a], [b]; Town of Virgil v Ford, 160 AD2d 1073, 1074; Matter of Piper, 145 AD2d 97, 102; cf., Hickson v Gardner, 134 AD2d 930). (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Monroe County, Affronti, J. — Preclude Entry of Order.) Present — Green, J. P., Balio, Davis and Doerr, JJ.  