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...percent of the applicants for the 2007-2008 academic year come from paid lunch families. But under the prior system they could fill at most was only 65 percent of the total seats, according to Superintendent of Schools Thomas Fowler-Finn...
...meeting that was extended past its usual end time of 10 p.m., the committee met Fowler-Finn’s budget presentation with a flurry of questions, largely centering on specific programs being implemented in the classroom...
...Fowler-Finn’s presentation also highlighted the negative impact of charter schools on the district’s budget. Next year’s budget will suffer a $1.1 million loss due to Cambridge students leaving the district to attend those schools. Charter schools will cost the district $5 million over the next four years, Fowler-Finn projected...
...Fowler-Finn cited the measurable progress made by the Cambridge school system of late, to the delight of committee members. Ninety-eight percent of high school seniors passed the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System and 95 percent graduated last year, compared to an 85 percent pass rate and 80 percent graduation rate in 2005. Ten percent of last year’s graduating class went on to attend Ivy League schools, Fowler-Finn said...
...Fowler-Finn’s presentation, entitled “Building on Progress,” garnered compliments from committee members for its striking visual elements...