Are you a parent of an older child(ren) in middle or high school with learning issues?

If you are a parent of an older child or children in the middle school or high school with a learning issue please read the following PDF document information about a support group meeting on May 18th.

highschool.pdf

West Cambridge Youth and Community Center Dedication Sept. 25

The City of Cambridge will hold a special dedication ceremony for the new West Cambridge Youth and Community Center Friday, Sept. 25, from 6-8 p.m. The event will include a reception and tours by youth center participants, followed by a formal program with City officials and special guest speakers.

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Flu Clinic Schedule and information

The Cambridge Public Health Department has prepared an aggressive Flu Clinic schedule for the complicated upcoming flu season. Below is a pdf copy of the schedule as well as information on both the seasonal flu and H1N1 flu. Because of the uncertainty of the time of availability of an approved H1N1 vaccine, the clinic . . . → Read More

Health officials confirm two new swine flu cases, four possible cases

Cambridge health officials confirmed two new cases of swine flu in the city: one student at King Open School and an adult with children enrolled in a Cambridge daycare center. In addition, three students and a staff member at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School have been out sick with influenza-like illness.

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Dr. Young Hired for CPS Superintendent

The School Committee just voted 5-2 to start contact negotiations with Dr. Young for its next Superintendent. If the negotiations are successful, then the School Committee will hire Dr. Young.

Dr Young: Marc McGovern Luc Schuster Patty Nolan Joe Grossi Nancy Tauber

Carolyn Turk: Denise Simmons Fred Fantini

Meet the Superintendent Finalists

FROM THE DESK OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEMBER MARC MCGOVERN

March 23, 2009

Please join me and the rest of the Cambridge School Committee on Monday, March 30, 2009 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm in the Henrietta S. Attles Meeting Room at CRLS for a town hall meeting with the three Superintendent finalists. Everyone from the community is . . . → Read More

An imbalance grows in Cambridge schools

From the Boston Globe on July 34, 2007

An imbalance grows in Cambridge schools
Placements based on income, not race

By Tracy Jan, Globe Staff | July 23, 2007

Five years after Cambridge began using family income instead of race to assign students to schools, the system has become more racially segregated, a Globe review of data shows.

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