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...phone calls, both threatened and real physical violence O children of "reform" organizers and public intimidation trumped-up legal battles and marathon live TV coverage of the circus-like hearing preliminary to the vote to resume the search for a new superintendent--the majority persevered and finally brought Alflorence Cheatham to Cambridge...
...CCA/Common Slate candidates for school committee are all excellent and need no elaboration. Timothy Callahan, Eric Davin, Orie Dudley, Peter Gesell, Charles Pierce, Mary Ellen Preusser and Alice Wolf would work with Superintendent Cheatham for better schools and better teachers in Cambridge...
There is also a vital need to retain the present liberal strength on the school committee. The central issue in that campaign is the retention of the progressive superintendent of schools, Alflorence Cheatham. With the support of the liberal majority, Cheatham has instituted several reforms in the city's school system. He has also demonstrated a refreshing willingness to involve teachers, students and parents in important policy decisions. If they gain the necessary seats, the Independents will almost certainly fire Cheatham and replace him with a more manageable but less skillful administrator...
While the Independents have not openly called for Cheatham's removal, they have been extremely critical of many of his policies. A majority of Cheatham's appointees have been from outside the city (Cheatham himself was an assistant cuperintendent in Chicago before coming to Cambridge). The Independents assert that there are more than enough qualified Cambridge residents to fill all positions in the school department...
Racial fears are also evident in this fall's campaign. Cheatham is black, as is the new headmaster at Cambridge...