Word: mcgrath
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...confinement. Among the alleged suicides, details of the deaths are often hauntingly similar. Eddie Murray, 21, hanged himself in 1981 while in custody in the New South Wales hamlet of Wee Waa. Loyed Boney, 28, was found hanged in his cell at Brewarrina, New South Wales, in 1987. Bernard McGrath used a strip of toweling in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, to strangle himself. McGrath's relatively minor offense: violating probation after conviction for driving without a license. A few cases involve charges of police brutality, while others focus on the failure of police to realize that a prisoner was seriously...
...Cambridge school employee since 1956, McGrath first taught elementary school, then served terms as coordinator of primary education, director of elementary education and assistant superintendent of administration before becoming interim superintendent this past summer...
...native Cantabridgian, McGrath said she thought her advantages included a familiarity with the city and its policies...
...McGrath said that as an urban school district, Cambridge has students with many needs, including those outside of education. The school district has a responsibility to meet those needs as well, she added...
...addition to meeting those needs, McGrath said her priorities would include "opportunities for teacher renewal," increased parent involvement and reducing the dropout rate, especially among members of minority groups and people whose first language is not English. According to Fantini, Cambridge has a dropout rate of 38 percent...