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Giroux said many changes, unrelated to the current contract talks, took place during the summer. Both Superintendent Robert J. Peterkin and the assistant superintendent Dr. Barbara Marshall, took more prestigious jobs in the Milwaukee school system. In addition, the principal of one of the elementary schools accepted a job as head of Harvard's Principals program...
...Peterkin took office in the wake of a bitter political battle that resulted in the firing of his predecessor, William Lannon, and School Committee members said he has unified the normally polarized board. Like the City Council, the School Committee has long been a battleground between the liberal Cambridge Civic Association and the more conservative, neighborhood-oriented Independents...
...Peterkin's departure will put a strain on the Cambridge School Committee, at least in the short run, said Davis. "It's very unfortunate that he's leaving at this time," she said. "This is a great interruption in the progress of the schools to go out and look for a new superintendent...
Davis said she expected the Board would choose an acting superintendent until a successor for Peterkin could be found...
...Rafferty said he did not forsee problems in finding a good replacement for Peterkin. The job of superintendent of the Cambridge schools is attractive because of the challenge and responsibility involved, he said. "We'll find a replacement, and there'll be a new Bob Peterkin...