Word: crls
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...CRLS has had a rocky history. The only public high school in Cambridge, CRLS has traditionally been composed of different academic units whose programs were both programmatically and racially unequal. The vocational education 'school,' whose students were predominately minorities, had been decertified by the state, while other 'schools' such as the predominately white "Academy" had been experiencing far higher achievement levels. The racial and ethnic disparities in the schools were compounded by teachers who were of unequal quality and had very different visions for their students...
...Mayor Anthony D. Galluccio--whose first major vote as chair of the School Committee last spring was to pass the CRLS redesign--said he was intent on reaching an accord last night...
...also gained a provision ensuring that the School Committee would be able to shape future small school assignments at CRLS. The measure passed last night requires D'Alessandro to propose a new plan by April for assigning students to small schools at CRLS, even though the plan would not take effect for two more years and would not be required to consider parental choice...
...while E. Denise Simmons and Turkel changed their votes, committee members Susana M. Segat and Nancy Walser voted against last night's measure, saying they wanted assurances from administrators that parental choice would factor into assignments at CRLS in the future. They also objected that administrators had left plans for the development of the five small schools too vague...
...that point D'Alessandro said she would not concede, insisting that the committee not require that CRLS adopt choice in the future. She said she would engage CRLS parents, students and teachers in a discussion this spring about the future of school choice but wants to preserve flexibility for high school administrators...