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...McGovern, a critic of Fowler-Finn, replaces Walser, this could spell trouble for the superintendent, whose contract comes up again for renewal in January 2008, when the new School Committee will be in office...
...incumbents Nolan and Richard Harding, both of whom voted against extending Fowler-Finn's contract, are elected along with McGovern, whoever becomes the mayor—a person chosen by the City Council from among its members—could be critical...
...Fowler-Finn has been criticized by many in the community for his autocratic management style—Schuster once likened him to former University President Lawrence H. Summers—and he received low marks for working with the community in his evaluation by the School Committee last year...
...leader doesn't mean bashing everything all the time, and at the same time, being a leader doesn't mean being a cheerleader,” McGovern said, in probable reference to Nolan, a longtime critic of the school district's administration, and veteran committee member Nancy Walser, Fowler-Finn's strongest supporter...
...School Committee roundtable on the enrollment decline last year, Superintendent of Schools Thomas Fowler-Finn and Cambridge Teachers Association President Paul Toner both pointed to the cost of housing as the principle cause of the enrollment decline, and in an interview in March 2006 school district spokesman Justin T. Martin claimed that "the main cause from all the information that we've seen has been the rising cost of housing in Cambridge...