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Other members of the committee lauded the budget’s creativity in creating new programs while growing only two percent. The budget includes 18 new programs in addition to six new district-wide programs, according to committee member Nancy Walser...
...Harvard is starting to play a very meaningful role in the lives of Cambridge students,” he said. “I think it’s another big step in improving town-gown relations,” School Committee member Nancy Walser said, who wrote about the initiative on her blog. Fowler-Finn first initiated discussions about the possibility of admitting CRLS students to the College when he assumed his position as superintendent in August 2003. “What I was really looking for was an opportunity for students who had exhausted the course selections here...
...budget to the school improvement funds of Cambridge’s 13 public schools. “This is crazy, it’s like ‘Groundhog Day.’ Every year we go through the same thing,” said board member Nancy Walser. The funds are managed by school principals and can be spent on unspecified measures that improve the quality of students’ education. Schuster said the additional money could be used to provide an additional staff member for each school next year. Many committee members opposed the proposal, however, arguing that...
...achievement benchmarks, she called on the district to present more specific data, such as percentages of minority students who reach “proficiency.” She also called for a “community meeting” dedicated solely to discussing the results. School committee member Nancy Walser said that the district would discuss the report at this year’s three newly planned community-wide forums on the achievement gap. Despite cited weaknesses in measurement, Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves ’72 said the district has progressed in its reporting of student performance in schools...
...Saheed has received endorsements from faculty and staff members, community leaders, and students, fulfilling Knight’s prediction that a new leader from within the school would boost morale. “The high school is a really upbeat place,” said School Committee member Nancy Walser, who has a daughter attending the school. “The whole place is really energized and I hear that morale is pretty high.”School Committee member Joseph G. Grassi said that Saheed’s appointment fosters a sense of stability within the school...