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Committee member Nancy Walser, who was not a member of the school committee in December, says she supports the no reprisal policy and felt D'Alessandro's letter "did neglect to say what the school committee voted...
Superintendent of Schools Bobbie J. D'Alessandro, who favors the MCAS but oversees a district where about 40 percent of high school students will fail the test, says she is lobbying Commissioner of Education David P. Driscoll to allow districts to consider portfolios and other standardized tests...
Though Cambridge has one of the state's most lenient policies on MCAS boycotts, some parents were upset when Superintendent of Schools Bobbie J. D'Alessandro sent a controversial letter to parents saying boycotts could "potentially disrupt the school environment" and "could ultimately have serious repercussions for your child's future education...
School committee members also objected that D'Alessandro's letter said she wanted "to clarify the Cambridge Public Schools' position on [MCAS]" but never mentioned the policy of no reprisals...
Several weeks later, D'Alessandro said she thought her statement needed to be "clarified" and sent out a second letter...