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Council’s closed-door Monteiro notes released
By Marc Levy
Published: January 17, 2012
Cambridge’s Law Department has released the City Council’s notes of closed-door meetings about the civil rights lawsuit filed against the city by Malvina Monteiro.
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.
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.
Council sets Dec. 19 deadline for lawsuit information
By Marc Levy
Published: December 6, 2011
Four city councillors renewed calls Monday for information about what it cost to settle three lawsuits accusing city officials of civil rights violations, discrimination and retaliation.
December ‘Hairspray’ sets records, and spins them, at CRLS
By Larry Aaronson
Published: November 19, 2011
The high school’s December musical comedy, John Waters’ “Hairspray,” promises to be big in every way.
City Solicitor Drisdell retiring in January, city manager says
By Marc Levy
Published: November 18, 2011
City Solicitor Donald Drisdell is retiring Jan. 20, according to an item on the city manager’s agenda for Monday’s meeting of the City Council. Deputy City Solicitor Nancy Glowa will become acting city solicitor on that day.
Students surpass goals for petition to save program
By Marc Levy
Published: November 13, 2011
Students who want to keep the the district’s Intensive Studies Program despite district restructuring have cause for hope.
Two problems, two fixes in controlled choice
By admin
Published: November 4, 2011
The current controlled choice integration policy does a great disservice when it asks parents, in the name of integration, to send their child on a bus across town to attend a school that is not integrated.
Article suggests new conflict of interest in civil rights lawsuit
By Marc Levy
Published: November 3, 2011
Don’t miss The Cambridge Chronicle’s piece on the origins of the civil rights lawsuits filed by former city employees Linda Stamper and Mary Wong, including what looks to be another charge of conflict of interest — this time by the city’s own lawyers.