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...Superintendent of Schools Thomas Fowler-Finn’s future hangs in the balance, two veteran School Committee members—Joseph G. Grassi and Alfred Fantini—are pushing to extend Fowler-Finn’s contract for an additional year...
...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...
...contrast to Grassi and Fantini’s compromise proposal, Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves ’72 and School Committee member Nancy Walser remain at the poles. The former is Fowler-Finn’s strongest opponent, and the latter his strongest supporter...
...interview yesterday, Nolan said that despite her deep reservations about Fowler-Finn, Grassi and Fantini’s proposal no longer makes the vote a clear up-or-down referendum...
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...