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...candidates were announced in order of decreasing vote count: Nancy Tauber, Richard N. Harding, Jr., Marc C. McGovern, Alfred B. Fantini, Nolan, Turkel, Joseph G. Grassi, Steinert, and Charles L. Stead, Sr.Of this list of nine, the first six are to seat the school committee for the next two years...
...Stead was eliminated first, followed by Steinert and Grassi...
...candidates includes five current committee members: Alfred B. Fantini, Joseph G. Grassi, Marc C. McGovern, Patricia M. Nolan ’80, and Nancy Tauber. Of the four remaining contenders, two—Richard N. Harding, Jr., and Alice L. Turkel—are former committee members. Charles L. Stead, Sr., and Alan R. Steinert, Jr. ’58 are the only candidates with no past school committee experience...
...Stead, a newcomer to school committee politics, said he believes the key to closing the achievement gap is hiring more minority teachers, who could serve as desperately-needed mentors for students of color. Stead, who is black, has worked in the district as a principal and teacher for 34 years and considers himself to be one such role model...
...Stead, Steinert, and Turkel, none of whom sit on the committee now, said they believe that concern about the middle grades is largely a non-issue...