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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with Cambridge's voluntary desegregation program in place for four years, the school budget recovering from 1981's budget-cutting Proposition 2 1/2 and benefitting from greater funds, and controversial Glen S. Koocher '72 deciding not to run for a seventh term, the school committee race has been left with few gripping issues...
...gotten to the point where there are no major issues," says Independent incumbent Alfred B. Fantini, who is seeking a third term. "Otherwise you would see more people running...
Joseph E. Maynard, who served on the school committee in the fifties with Sullivan's father, continues to avoid the press and simply states that he is running on his record. Maynard has held his seat since 1970 and served one term in the fifties and one term in sixties
...problem, however, is that committee members often allow narrow special interests to guide important votes. And without Glenn S. Koocher '71 and Rena H. Leib--two important incumbents who dropped out of the race--the job of school committee member will become even more difficult in the coming term...
This years' school committee will face several controversial issues including the use of standardized testing, AIDS fears among parents, and bilingual education. The candidates who are best suited to tackle these issues are first-term CCA incumbent Frances H. Cooper and CCA challengers Sara O. Garcia, Richard Griffin '51, David P. Kennedy, and Larry Weinstein. Together, their experience in education can return the Cambridge public school system to the fore of urban systems nationwide...