Word: shaplin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dissension with the Cambridge School Committee increased yesterday as Judson T. Shaplin '42, Assistant Dean of the School of Education, threatened legal action because of the method by which the Committee made 13 new appointments earlier in the week...
...Shaplin, a two-term member of the group which has virtual control over school appointments and budget, charged that the majority railroaded the appointments through without consulting the Superintendent of Schools or considering the applicants' qualifications. The Committee waived a rule requiring Civil Service-type examinations...
...motions to suspend the rules, to create new positions, to fill vacancies, and to close further reconsiderations were made by the Mayor of Cambridge, Edward J. Sullivan," Shaplin said. Sullivan acts as chairman of the Committee...
...Later, Shaplin abandoned his original motion in favor of a resolution calling for the City Manager and the School Superintendent to make plans for the utilization of the new school and to make proposals "to resolve some of our differences...
Last week, Shaplin had threatened a taxpayer's suit against the city if Curry cuts the 1957 school budget as he allegedly did last year...