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Plea to School Committee: Let ISP kids finish their years
By Marc Levy
Published: January 25, 2012
The fight to save the school district’s Intensive Studies Program has itself intensified, with students, parents and city councillors urging officials and administrators to at least let current ISP kids finish their promised years.
Exhibit of CRLS art has reception Thursday
By Marc Levy
Published: January 23, 2012
For those inclined to look at art and complain, “My kid could have done that,” here’s an art exhibit where they probably did. But with the level of accomplishment at Cambridge Rindge & Latin School, that’s hardly an insult.
Charter school robotics team in control of this ‘da Vinci’ project
By Justin T. Martin
Published: January 21, 2012
The Community Charter School of Cambridge’s robotics team brings excitement to tackling their “da Vinci” project.
School, city officials set about bridging $2.7 million budget gap
By Marc Levy
Published: January 10, 2012
Cambridge schools are projected to be in the red $2.7 million next year, but administrators and city officials have already begun whittling away it, and two budget retreats are scheduled for the School Committee.
Deans search on track, but raises diversity question
By Marc Levy
Published: January 9, 2012
The hiring of four deans to lead the “upper schools” opening in the fall is on schedule, but the report brought on a debate over whether the group helping winnow the finalists was diverse enough to represent all of Cambridge adequately.
MLK Day events to put words into action
By Marc Levy
Published: January 6, 2012
In Cambridge, Martin Luther King Day is not just a day off. City groups have planned events that make it easy for people to not just recognize the contributions and call to action by King — but to actually take action.
With inaugurals come changes in leadership
By Marc Levy
Published: January 3, 2012
There were two things different at the start of Tuesday’s meeting of the School Committee. Well, three.
After outcry, choices for moving schools narrow to two — well, three
By Marc Levy
Published: December 7, 2011
After parent uproar resulting from the need to move the High School Extension Program, the School Committee narrowed its focus to two less inflammatory choices — and the mayor surprised everyone by bringing forward a mystery option.
High schoolers charm Gates, earning likely second TV segment
By Marc Levy
Published: December 7, 2011
Students were excited when Henry Louis Gates Jr. came to Cambridge Rindge & Latin School to film a segment for an upcoming television show, but they didn’t know he was impressed enough to plan a second trip.
Proposal to combine schools rattles parents
By Marc Levy
Published: December 6, 2011
In looking for a place to put the 50-student High School Extension Program, the school district has shaken up parents at two schools, with the likely result being a School Committee meeting tonight packed with people seeking answers.