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...plan released late last week by Superintendent of Schools Bobbie J. D’Alessandro would force the Longfellow School to merge with two other elementary schools and create a larger “international” magnet school...
Last month, D’Alessandro faced parental outcry when she announced that three schools would have to close or merge. According to D’Alessandro, the plan is not as drastic as she had originally intended because it closes only two schools...
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...