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...William Lannon, Cambridge superintendent of schools, had supported the committee's adoption of the plan last November because it would have provided "increased flexibility" for school employees travelling to the Cambridge High and Latin and Rindge Tech schools...
...Lannon said that Sullivan's action had "cut down on my options," but said he understands Sullivan's reasoning...
...committee and the city have been pleased by the performance of the newly appointed superintendent of schools, William Lannon. Glenn S. Koocher '71, a Convention '75-endorsed incumbent, was emphatic in his praise for Lannon: "He's simply an excellent superindendent, with an excellent background, and excellent insight." Lannon is a newcomer to the Cambridge school system and his popular acceptance as superintendent may be viewed as something of a victory for the progressives, who urged his hiring after a search committee had said that no equally qualified candidate could be found in Cambridge...
...main issues in the past few elections has been the appointments of the city manager, school superintendent and chief of police. This year, however, Sullivan, who was also city manager in 1971, is just resettling into the post. William C. Lannon has just taken charge of the schools and Francis Pisani is adjusting to leading the police department. Almost all the candidates agree that it's just too soon to even talk about replacement...
...algebra taught in the ordinary classroom is "not a part of modern algebra at all." Teacher Edgar Arnold (B.E. 1930) found that "this is all new to me. I have to unlearn old symbols and learn new ones. We are casehardened with tradition." "In modern math," adds Teacher Helene Lannon, who got her master's degree as late as 1948, "we have had to learn a new vocabulary. In the traditional mathematics we would say 'cancel out numbers.' Now you say 'divide.' Traditional algebra was taught as real numbers, and it was taught by rote...