1.   According to those familiar with the search process, the candidate was Dr. Bernard R. Gifford, a former deputy chancellor who then withdrew his name from consideration.

2.   But he met late Sunday with Joschka Fischer, the leader of the Greens, who has said he would like to become deputy chancellor and foreign minister.

3.   But Judith A. Rizzo, the deputy chancellor for instruction, was unapologetic.

4.   Dr. Hall is resigning as the deputy schools chancellor for instruction in New York City.

5.   For her part, Dr. Hall, a former deputy chancellor of the New York school system and a one-time district superintendent in Brooklyn, seemed unperturbed.

6.   Gifford, a former deputy chancellor, met with Giuliani privately last month to discuss his candidacy.

7.   He also appointed Judith Rizzo, the deputy chancellor for curriculum, to review how students are admitted and kept in the school.

8.   He said he makes a point of coordinating every decision with Judith Rizzo, the deputy chancellor for instruction.

9.   If it is, Moses would become a deputy chancellor of the new system.

10.   In response, Gifford, a former deputy chancellor who went on to found his own computer software company, withdrew from consideration.