Word: alessandro
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...Alessandro has told parents that she is considering six options for consolidation—each involving different combinations of schools—but she has kept those plans under wraps...
...response to attacks on the process at Monday’s meeting, D’Alessandro assured parents they could offer their opinions on the plan through public hearings in October and November...
Last spring, D’Alessandro proposed a consolidation plan for merging several elementary schools and creating middle schools. But she withdrew it when parents—and even committee members—protested that the plan had taken them by surprise...
...Alessandro contends that consolidation will promote a more equitable distribution of resources among all elementary schools and attract parents to historically unpopular schools. That would relieve the pressure on the most popular schools, she says...
Less than a year ago, the school committee voted to defy the education department and grant diplomas to students who do not pass MCAS, but D’Alessandro says she does not know how that decision will play out next year without a “viable diploma” for the students who have failed MCAS...