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Committee members voted unanimously to appoint Thomas Fowler-Finn, who currently runs the public schools in Fort Wayne, Ind., pledging he will cause a “big culture shock” because of his authoritative style and bring “renewed confidence” in a district plagued by division and dispute...
...press conference in Indiana shortly after the committee’s announcement, Fowler-Finn said he had accepted the offer subject to further contract negotiations...
...Fowler-Finn, who is credited with reducing the gap between minority and white student achievement in Fort Wayne by 30 to 40 percent, said he could apply his experience to similar issues in Cambridge...
...contract goes through, Fowler-Finn will take up the superintendent job in August—coming to a district with a high school in turmoil and where the previous superintendent of schools, Bobbie J. D’Alessandro, was fired over the way she managed elementary school consolidation...
Committee members said Fowler-Finn had amassed an impressive record in more than a decade of school administration, creating lines of accountability within his district, laying out a clear direction for the system and respecting the independence of school principals...