Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of                   )    
                                   )
Request for Review                      )
of the Decision of                      )
the Universal Service Administrator by       )
                                   )
Friends School of Haverford             )    File No. SLD-60028
Haverford, Pennsylvania                 )
                                   )
Federal-State Joint Board on            )    CC Docket No. 96-45
Universal Service                       )
                                   )
Changes to the Board of Directors of the          )    CC Docket No. 97-21
National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc.  )
                         
                              ORDER

     Adopted:  October 18, 1999              Released:  October 18, 1999

By the Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau:

     1.   This Order dismisses the Letter of Appeal filed May 24, 1999 by the Friends
School of Haverford (Friends School), which seeks review of the Administrator's Decision on
Appeal, dated April 13, 1999.  Under section 54.720 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. 
54.720, any such appeal must be filed within 30 days of the issuance of the decision as to which
review is sought.  Because the instant Letter of Appeal was not filed within the specified 30-day
period, it will be dismissed without further consideration.   
 
     2.   ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to authority delegated under
sections 0.91, 0.291, and 54.722(a) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91, 0.291, and
54.722(a), that the Letter of Appeal filed May 24, 1999 by the Friends School of Haverford IS
DISMISSED.


                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


                              Yog R. Varma
                              Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau