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...thoughts at the meetings, often expressed opposing viewpoints. Fowler-Finn said he acknowledged that the district may not be able to satisfactorily accommodate everyone’s concerns. “Notice that I never use the word solution,” he said. School Committee member Marc C. McGovern, who favors maintaining the K-8 model, said that a total overhaul of structure would not solve problems in the classroom. “There’s really no consensus on what structure is better,” he said. “I think we need to concentrate...
...it’s highly likely that they’ll be considered,” she said. “And I think the pleas across the board for more information would be the easiest to satisfy.” Marc C. McGovern, another member of the school committee, said that the school district has tried its best to publish available information online, but that parents should notify them if they need more specific information. School committee member Luc D. Schuster, who served as the main moderator, reassured parents that the placement algorithm was being evaluated and that...
Many council and community members said they viewed the transition as an opportunity for Cambridge schools to innovate and improve. Marc McGovern, another School Committee member, said Cambridge had the resources, both financial and in the form of community support, to attract someone both experienced and creative...
Sarah Palin has arrived in our midst with the force of a rocket-propelled grenade. She has boosted John McCain's candidacy and overwhelmed the presidential process in a way that no vice-presidential pick has since Thomas Eagleton did the precise opposite - sinking his sponsor, George McGovern, in 1972. Obviously, something beyond politics is happening here. We don't really know Palin as a politician yet, whether she is wise or foolhardy, substantive or empty. Our fascination with her - and it is a nonpartisan phenomenon - is driven by something more primal. The Palin surge illuminates the mythic power...
Although the conventional wisdom in the lead-up to amendment’s passage was that new, young voters would vote liberal, Cannon noted that the 1972 presidential election proved that notion false, as young people abandoned Democrat George McGovern's campaign in droves for Republican Richard Nixon's successful candidacy. That result happened again in 1980, as young people overwhelmingly turned out to support Republican Ronald Reagan...