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There are five independent candidates running, and eight Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) members, but unlike in the City Council race there are not many ideological gaps between the two groups. "It almost comes down to a non-partisan election," said Fantini, an Independent, who said he thought the best way for voters to make their choice was to review the accomplishments of the various candidates and try to meet as many of them as possible...
...CCA platform calls for increased community support, efforts to increased the quality of teaching in the Cambridge schools, and assuring equal opportunity for students at different schools in the city and from different backgrounds. Candidates said that for the most part, these are not issues on which CCA candidates and independents disagree...
...there are some places where agreement between candidates breaks down. The issue of parent involvement in teacher evaluation creates some friction, as most CCA members support an active role for parents, while Independent candidates say that formal evaluation of teachers should be left to the administration...
Other candidates, such as first-time Independent candidate James J. Rafferty and CCA incumbent Frances H. Cooper, call for a mandatory curriculum to provide "consistency...
...CCA slate are Donna Brescia, incumbent Francis H. Cooper, Henrietta Davis, Richard Griffin '51, Henry Lukas, Denise Simmons, John T. St. George '70-'72, and incumbent Larry Weinstein...