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...serious educational hurdles. It was placed on probation by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and its scores on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) standardized tests lagged behind similar schools. Knight came to the school in 2002 after the then-acting principal, Paula M. Evans, resigned amidst a controversial restructuring plan. Local elementary school principal Len Solo served as interim chief immediately following Evans’s resignation. In a letter written shortly after her resignation, Knight urged the district to pick her replacement from inside the CRLS ranks.“A leader from within...
...preparation served the team well, as the crowd did not faze the Crimson at all. In the first few minutes of play, the teams matched up well amidst the clatter of dishware. From the first whistle to the end of the first quarter, the teams stood even at two goals apiece...
...knew that amidst surgical rooms and cadavers there was a hotbed of steamy affairs and doctors that can only be described as “McDreamy”? Ah, the McWorld of “Grey’s Anatomy.” Centering upon the lives of five surgical interns at Seattle’s Grace Hospital, “Grey’s” has ushered in a new wave of McWords and Patrick Dempsey’s awe-inspiring comeback. With the recent release of the second season on DVD, it is time...
...Amidst the highly contrasted trends on runways-from girlish mod mini-dresses to sexy '80s-style corsets-two things are certain: the dress is the most important item of the season and tailoring is not in fashion. "I don't know why, but it is not about tailoring," said Miuccia Prada, sitting in her spare office on the Via Bergamo. "Perhaps it's because young people are just not into that...
...Amidst rumors that black studies scholar Cornel R. West ’74 may return to Harvard, members of the African and African American Studies Department said yesterday that the issue has been a topic of discussion among faculty.Jayne Professor of Government and of Af-Am Jennifer L. Hochschild said last night that West’s possible homecoming had been in talks since the spring. “We’ve been talking about this on and off in the past six months...that it might come up in the fall,” she said. The department...