Mourning staff death from Covid-19 is backdrop for a change in how to weigh in-person learning
The December death of school district staff member James “Jimmy” Ravanis moved the risk of Covid-19 transmission from an abstraction to reality for some this week, adding weight to passage of a new method of deciding in-person classes versus remote learning as the pandemic continues.
Mr. Monopoly came to Cambridge
Soon we’ll have an edition of Monopoly set in Cambridge, where surging real estate prices and rents leave many residents scrambling annually for a way to stay in town – a delightful reminder of the real-life version they play that can be taken with them when they’re priced out.
Devereux, bidding a farewell to public office, takes stock of hits, misses, system as a whole
I have to conclude that our system of municipal governance is not serving us as well as it might, but how to improve it is a much larger question, and my goal here is to reflect on our work this past term.