Word: cca
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Larry Weinstein, also CCA-endorsed, is running as a "parent activist," believing that parent involvement is crucial in improving the quality of education. He also stresses the need to increase teacher morale, saying, "teacher job satisfaction is at the heart of effective teaching...
...four Independent candidates, none of whom have children in the Cambridge schools, have emphasized budgetary issues more than the CCA slate, yet they all put forth distinct priorities...
Jane F. Sullivan, seeking re-election as the representative of homeowners and tax-payers, sees the renewal of the superintendent's contract in 1987 as the number one issue. Though CCA candidates have commended new Superintendent Robert S. Peterkin's performance, Sullivan believes that a CCA majority in the school committee may force the superintendent to leave...
...advocate of the "average, middle-class," Alfred B. Fantini has been a moderate, bridging the conservative, neighborhood-oriented Independents and the more liberal CCA coalition. On parent evaluations of school staff, for example, the one issue that has most clearly separated the CCA and Independents, Fantini sees a great benefit in parental participation, particularly in the alternative programs. But he continues, "I think in some cases the evaluations have gotten out of hand...
David P. Kennedy is trying to make it to the school committee after three unsuccessful attempts in the past 10 years. For the first time this year, he is being endorsed by the CCA. The endorsement might be enough to put Kennedy in office since his views are more closely aligned with the CCA...