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This year, Superintendent of Schools Thomas D. Fowler-Finn and School Committee member Nancy K. Walser supported changing the target, while the others, led by Joseph G. Grassi and Patricia M. Nolan ’80, decided instead to increase the band—a solution that was deemed less threatening to the goal of maintaining desegregated schools...
Superintendent Thomas D. Fowler-Finn, who has led the district since 2003, is highly-regarded for his skills as an educator. His allies, notably School Committee member Nancy K. Walser, point to improvements in standardized test scores during his tenure, particularly the 20-point increase in English and 19-point jump in Math at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School from...
...committee granted Fowler-Finn a one-year extension on his contract—through the summer of 2008—by a four-to-three vote. It will have to decide again on the superintendent’s contract in February, shortly after assuming office...
...despite his achievements, Fowler-Finn has never received high marks for working well with others. Committee members accuse him of being autocratic and arrogant, with Luc D. Schuster criticizing him for being an “uninspiring leader” with a management style similar to former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers...
...mind, that would leave a three to three split between those who supported the superintendent and those who opposed him. So ironically, it might be the mayor—chosen from among the city councillors—and not a School Committee member who ultimately determines whether Fowler-Finn stays or goes...