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This year, Superintendent of Schools Thomas D. Fowler-Finn and School Committee member Nancy K. Walser supported changing the target, while the others, led by Joseph G. Grassi and Patricia M. Nolan ’80, decided instead to increase the band—a solution that was deemed less threatening to the goal of maintaining desegregated schools...
...Former committee member and candidate Marc C. McGovern argues that in order to make a significant dent, the school district has to expand access to early childhood education and address a host of other factors—like health care, nutrition, and parent involvement. Others, like committee members Patricia M. Nolan ’80 and Luc D. Schuster, have argued that schools perform better if principals are empowered, and they have sought to put millions of dollars into the hands of principals to be used as discretionary funds. And Richard Harding, the only racial minority on the School Committee...
...Chilean nor upper-class, Ricardo, already lovestruck at the ripe age of fifteen, fears he will never see her again. But he does, and often; as Comrade Arlette, a guerrilla fighter being trained by the Cuban revolutionaries; as Madame Robert Arnoux, the wife of a French bureaucrat; as Mrs. Patricia Robinson, the wife of a British racetrack regular; as Kuriko, the mistress of Japanese mobster; as Lucy, a broken woman. Vargas Llosa has worn many hats himself, from a prominent Latin American intellectual who hob-nobbed with the likes of Castro and Garcia Marquez to a one-time Peruvian presidential...
...manner of grieving. Splashing memorial ceremonies throughout the media only dredges up sorrow, which we hardly need at this time in our country's sorry state. If we could bring such passion to the truly important issues, we could forge a better future. Let's move on. Patricia Green, COLUMBIA...
...It’s great—there’s a huge potential liability with our subway system in the U.S.,” said Patricia Giometti, a passenger in the T station. “This serves as an extra deterrent...