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Over the past several years, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS) has undergone several drastic changes. A major redesign has hurt veteran teacher morale, parents are upset about the guidance department and students faced massive scheduling problems at the beginning of this school year. These problems, compounded by a high failure rate on the recent Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests, have created a strained atmosphere at CRLS. In this light, a recent proposal to lower the voting age to 16 for local elections may be an innovative way to give students a chance to impact their own education...
...course, in asking for the vote, students should not be under the impression that they will suddenly take control of the administrative or day-to-day aspects of CRLS. Fortunately, teachers are not hired or fired by the school committee--no one would advocate a system where strict teachers feel threatened by students. The school committee controls the broad agenda of the school's educational mission overall. Students should have some influence over that agenda. CRLS is facing a difficult and challenging time. After a comprehensive redesign that has caused morale among some veteran teachers to drop and nightmarish scheduling...
Other supporters add that having a library next to the high school is in keeping with the vision of Frederick H. Rindge, who donated the land where the current library stands and who is the namesake of CRLS...
...three-and-a-half feisty hours of spirited back and forth debate, school officials raised concerns about the disruption that construction so close to CRLS would cause...
...CRLS is also in the middle of a major restructuring effort to change its teaching curriculum, which Principal Paula M. Evans said was stressful enough without disruption from the construction project...