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...authorities' attention. What they really wanted was a large tract somewhere in the metropolitan area. When negotiations stalled, the tribe moved temporary buildings onto the downtown property and threatened to open a minicasino. They also filed a lawsuit against 1,300 property owners in a nearby industrial district, charging that they are occupying land improperly taken from the tribe 200 years...
...when it became clear that the petitions might languish at the BIA, the Lyttons and their backers had everything in place to take a new tack. They approached George Miller, longtime Congressman from the East Bay, whose district includes San Pablo. The ranking Democrat on the House Resources Committee, Miller did what only a senior member of Congress could: he plugged a three-sentence amendment into an unrelated bill that gave the Lyttons their reservation. Later, there would be outrage over the amendment. Frank Wolf, a Republican Congressman from Virginia, called it a disgrace. But for 200 Lyttons and their...
...wiggle room. The amendment is rather vague on specifics, so he has asked the state supreme court (not friendly to Bushes, if you remember 2000) to interpret it. What do the class size limits mean practically? Does the average size of classes in a school, or maybe a district, count? How much freedom does he have to change school zones within districts, bus students to less crowded schools and implement double shifts and year-round schools. He will end up exploring every possible solution to this measure. He needs to because it will in all likelihood define his second term...
...superintendent wants to close two of Cambridge’s worst performing schools—the Fitzgerald School and the Harrington School—which have among the lowest MCAS scores in the district. After two better-performing schools move onto the empty campuses, the school district will have merged five student bodies into three, and Ola will have moved across the city, an action that will likely destroy the program...
...neglected by the new, better-performing schools moving in. That means incoming teachers need to continue offering their old students an excellent education, while at the same time working with new struggling students to help them catch up and integrate into a more rigorous academic environment. Ideally, the district should also find a way to keep the Ola program where it is, so it can continue to serve Cambridge’s Portuguese-speaking students in a neighborhood that gives such strong community support...