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...budget proposal, which was just approved unanimously by the school committee. “We’re trying to encourage principals to be creative, individualistic, doing things full of imagination, and looking for alternatives that excite students,” he said. Nancy Walser, a former school committee member, said that the system was in a place for teachers to diversify their teaching. “Now that the standards are pretty well known in the schools, we need to get teachers more involved in innovating,” she said. The Cambridge Public Schools district has already taken...
...suggestion to add the names of two administrative staff to the recipients, and I take full responsibility for this circumstance,” he said.The suggestion to have the administration access the school committee’s e-mails, according to Fowler-Finn, came from former committee member Nancy Walser, who was serving at the time.Walser said she felt it was necessary for the administration to view public concerns over the “day-to-day operations” of the district, such as the snow storm issues at the time. “School committees are effective when...
...former school committee member publicly urged the body to extend the superintendent’s contract by at least two years last night, continuing the controversy surrounding the negotiations. As she took the microphone, Nancy Walser appealed to the Cambridge Public School Committee to move on the issue that could take until August to be finalized. “You must finish this contract,” said Walser, who served on the committee from 2000 to 2007. “It’s nearly April. A fourth of the year has gone by.” The length...
Despite the retirement of Fowler-Finn supporter Nancy Walser, her protege, Tauber, won a seat. And though Harding, a critic of the superintendent, lost, McGovern, a fellow critic...
...Walser, Fowler-Finn’s staunchest ally, is retiring at the end of her term, and some say former School Committee member Marc C. McGovern, who spoke out against renewing Fowler-Finn’s contract in 2006, could win her seat. The other candidates—Nancy Tauber, Gail Lemily Wiggins, and Stephan Malner—are backed by Walser, and are likely to support the superintendent...