State’s Armory Committee agrees to look at sale of land touching the Tobin and Vassal campuses
The state Armory Committee voted unanimously Monday to look at transferring a portion of its land in Cambridge to city ownership, which officials called “the first major step in a multistep process.”
City prepares to raze old oaks, only starting talks on an alternative despite council request in 2017
Three mature oak trees will be torn down Friday to make way for rebuilding the Tobin School and Vassal Lane Upper School, according to the City Manager’s Office, but a potential path to saving them is only now entering discussions despite the City Council requesting its study in 2017.
Schools reopen after 18 months of coronavirus, presenting questions for a new superintendent
The first day of Cambridge Public Schools found interim superintendent Victoria Greer greeting students and staff at the Haggerty School and taking questions about how the district welcomes back students after 18 months of coronavirus.
District and unions unite on mandatory vaccines, but 35% of staffers didn’t respond to jabs survey
Public school students will be back in classes by Monday, making district staff vaccinations a hot topic – but perhaps surprisingly given the ongoing national debate, not a controversial one.
Schools need free, high-quality masks now
Concerned community members in Cambridge have organized buying high-quality KF94 masks in bulk for public school students. It’s laudable, but why do individuals need to raise funds to provide personal safety equipment to students at all?
Attend meetings on goals for the academic year and how to fix a cannabis head start that failed
Public meetings this week look at fixing a cannabis shop head start that hasn’t resulted in any open recreational cannabis shops; and roles, goals and how to measure outcomes among public schools and school officials.
Schools superintendent Greer speaks Thursday in free event with Clark of My Brother’s Keeper
A free conversation with interim Cambridge Public Schools superintendent Victoria Greer is planned for 6 p.m. Thursday by My Brother’s Keeper, Cambridge, and 22-CityView, the municipal cable channel.
Weekend comics event becomes a Mini-MICE, free and masked for safety instead of avenging
After the all-virtual Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo demanded by 2020’s raging pandemic, the free event returns Saturday and Sunday in a new form defined by a more confusing Covid moment: as a Mini-MICE with room to breathe inside the open-air Starlight Square entertainment complex.
Film fest screens ‘Caste in the Classroom’ doc, which traces the roots of racism in education
A stinging short documentary by Cambridge’s Janet Moses about racist educational practices has been named an official selection at the 12th Annual BronzeLens Film Festival in Atlanta.
Attend meetings on gun violence, reparations, trees and climate, apartments and much more
Public meetings this week look at gun violence, reparations and the environment; school reopening plans and resolutions for the deceased and the retiring; plans in Central and Harvard squares for apartments; hiring the next city manager; and much more.
