Walter J. Trumbull
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Walter J. Trumbull Trumbull
Following days of bitter negotiations, school officials said late yesterday that they had ordered administrators of the Boys Choir of Harlem to vacate their offices and storage space in a Harlem school building by the end of the day, effectively ending a troubled partnership that had given the world-renowned choir its home in a public high school. Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein and other education officials have sought to sever their relations with the choir's leadership for months, saying that its founder, Dr. Trumbull has refused to overhaul his administration of the choir despite its deep financial problems, and has continued to exert personal control of its business affairs despite an order from the Department of Education to step aside. Kelly Devers said Dr. Trumbull and the choir's administrators were expected to vacate the Harlem school, with their files and equipment, by the end of the day yesterday.