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...open campus policy, saying that it enables “the students and faculty [to] contribute more.” He added that security measures such as required check-in for visitors keep the campus secure without metal detectors and welded windows. Committee member Alfred B. Fantini expressed concern about the effects of infractions on overall educational experience, stating that “the cost of discipline...just takes away from the effort we could put into academics.” Also at the last night’s meeting, the school district’s chief financial officer James...
...year extension has been favored by veteran committee members Alfred B. Fantini and Joseph G. Grassi. They co-authored a letter in The Cambridge Chronicle last month stating their desire to give Fowler-Finn an additional year. Though dependent on the terms of the new contract, the result of a one-year extension is that the debate over a long-term extension of Fowler-Finn’s tenure will likely be replayed next summer, a few months before an election in which the School Committee members and the mayor are all up for reelection...
...committee member, Nancy Walser, has said she will support Fowler-Finn’s candidacy, while veteran committee members Alfred Fantini and Joseph G. Grassi have proposed a compromise one-year contract extension...
Grassi and Fantini said yesterday that extending the term by a year would give the schools an additional year of data to evaluate. More cynically, it would also give the district an additional year to find a new superintendent...
Given the public statements of the officials, it is highly unlikely that Fowler-Finn will receive a three- or four-year renewal this summer. Fantini and Grassi support a one-year extension, and Reeves and Nolan have very seldom had any praise for Fowler-Finn. Even if Schuster—who is no friend of the school administration—and Harding were to side with Walser, they would still be one vote short of reauthorizing the contract...