Word: crls
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...CRLS, the district's only high school, lost its leader earlier this year when then-principal Sybil N. Knight announced in January that she had accepted a position as assistant superintendent of the school district in Harrisburg, Pa. Cambridge's initial attempt to find a replacement for Knight—a closed search process that lasted nearly four months—failed to generate a candidate with whom the district was satisfied. Early this summer, the district's superintendent, Thomas Fowler-Finn, said Saheed would serve as acting principal...
...such a joy to be able to take action on the vision you hold for a school, particularly one as vibrant and wonderful as CRLS," Saheed said...
Despite being named on a federal watch list as "needing improvement" this year, CRLS has made academic gains, specifically on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System examinations...
...English Language Arts test, 67 percent of CRLS students scored proficient or advanced—a 20 percentage-point improvement from the previous year. Similarly, 61 percent received high marks on the mathematics exam, a 19 percentage-point increase...
Richard Freirman, a parent of a CRLS junior and an original member of the principal search committee, said he was a "big fan" of Saheed. "He is firm without dominating the whole conversation, but he clearly knows the ropes as far as running the high school," said Freirman. "I think that what he has to deal with that is challenging is continuing the good work that's already started at the high school. I think it's going to be challenging to continue improvement across all levels...