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...Alessandro will leave at the end of the month to take charge of a $150 million research initiative on urban school leadership...
...position at the Newton, Mass.-based Educational Development Corporation, D’Alessandro will explore the working relationship between superintendents and school boards—the same issue that plagued her term in Cambridge...
...superintendent, D’Alessandro bolstered technical and special education and reorganized Cambridge’s high school to even out discrepancies in student performance among its five component schools. But she faced increasing opposition from parents and school committee members who claimed she did not work fast enough and pushed her own agenda over the demands of the community...
...school committee began looking for a permanent replacement for D’Alessandro shortly after they decided not to renew her contract, hiring a Chicago-based search firm and hiking the position’s salary from $125,000 to $170,000. But some committee members said they were not prepared to find an interim superintendent...
However, Alfred B. Fantini, the only committee member who opposed firing D’Alessandro, said her speedy job offer came as no surprise...