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...down to the educational issues, the real things that make schools work," says Frances H. Cooper, the only incumbent candidate endorsed by the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA), the liberal political organization...
Sara O. Garcia, a Mexican-American and former school teacher who is now studying part-time at the Harvard School of Education, is trying to gain greater recognition for bilingual education. Garcia, who is endorsed by the CCA, has made that program the focus of her campaign, though she maintains she is not a single-issue candidate...
...here's the bottom line: Rent control, imperfect though it may be, is the only mechanism helping to stabilize Cambridge as a well-integrated city with a mixed-income population. Councillor David Sullivan, and the other CCA candidates, know this. If they are re-elected, I hope they will work even harder to redress rent control inequities, and to complement rent control with other programs designed to preserve housing opportunities for residents of limited means...
Koocher agrees with CCA member Leib in the ways jobs are filled and potential applicants are recruited. Both believe the committee must continue to move away from filling school positions solely from within Cambridge, and rewarding teachers and staff solely on the basis of seniority...
...There is still an element of political interference," says Koocher. He belives much of the patronage and seniority-based promotion schemes are implemented by "traditional independents" and not CCA-endorsed officials, but still sees the problem as affecting the entire system...