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Four of the incumbent School Committeemen--two CCA and two Independent--are running for re-election, and all should win easily...
...Both the CCA and GRO stand to gain votes from student participation and earlier in the campaign they joined forces for a registration drive among students and non-voters...
vote the entire CCA slate/vote the GRO slate committee to elect Jon Halberstadt...
Ironically, the balance of power on the School Committee probably will be determined by the outcome of the City Council race. The school board usually is evenly dividied three-three between CCA and Independent candidates, and the mayor casts the seventh and deciding vote. The mayor is elected by the City Council from among its own members...
...other CCA-backed incumbent, Charles M. Pierce, is the only black on the School Committee. Although Cambridge is only six per cent black, Pierce has the solid support of the black community, and that backing combined with his white liberal support should be sufficient for victory. Cambridge children have reading scores well below the national average (as do children in most urban areas), and Pierce says his top priority is to improve reading scores by beefing up remedial reading programs...