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Citing safety violations, inadequate curriculum and uncertified teachers, state auditors have cancelled or placed on probation all of the vocational education programs at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS), according to a report released yesterday...
...state decertified the electrical and graphic arts programs, since neither had a qualified teacher when auditors came in October. CRLS had no electrical teacher at the time, although one was hired soon after. And the graphic arts teacher was not certified in graphic arts...
...state also placed the automotive, carpentry, computer, culinary, drafting and electronics programs on probation. The ninth-grade technical arts survey--the only other vocational program at CRLS--had already been placed on probation last year...
Accreditation brings $100,000 in state aid to technical arts programs at CRLS. And in order to get many jobs, students need to have gone through a state-certified program in their field...
...looming MCAS dilemma cannot be resolved merely by giving the vote to Cambridge adolescents. However, some other problems at CRLS might be. Students know what really goes on in school better than most administrators and school committee members. It is time to allow students proper representation on the school committee...