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Cambridge Public School District

The Cambridge Public School DistrictorCambridge Public Schools is a school district serving Cambridge, Massachusetts in Greater Boston, in the United States.^[5] The mission of the school district is "Cambridge Public Schools delivers an excellent education that inspires, acknowledges, empowers, and supports every student on their personal journey to achieve their highest potential in and beyond school and as productive members of their communities."^[6]

History[edit]

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In 2003, the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS), also known as Rindge School, came close to losing its educational accreditation when it was placed on probation by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.^[7] The school has improved under Principal Chris Saheed; graduation rates hover around 98%, and 70% of students gain college admission.^{[citation needed]}

In 2006 James Conry, the district's chief financial officer said that the district had a projected $4.9 million surplus due to a high state reimbursement from the Circuit Breaker program.^[8]

In July 2023, the Boston Globe reported that some parents had removed their children from the school district because it had stopped offering Algebra 1 to eighth grade students.^[9]

Schools[edit]

The district, as of 2022, has twelve elementary schools, with ten schools with grade levels JK-5, one English-Spanish dual immersion school with grades JK-8, and a Montessori school serving age 3 to grade 5.^[10] It has four upper schools and one full high school program.^[11]

High schools[edit]

• Cambridge Rindge & Latin School
• Career & Technical Education/Rindge School of Technical Arts (RSTA)
• High School Extension Program

K-8 schools[edit]

• Amigos School

Upper schools[edit]

• Cambridge Street Upper School
• Putnam Avenue Upper School
• Rindge Avenue Upper School
• Vassal Lane Upper School

Elementary schools[edit]

• Baldwin
• Cambridgeport
  • The school opened in 1990.^[12] In 1997 Mary Lou McGrath, the superintendent, proposed closing Cambridgeport School.^[13] The school stayed open, and since circa 2001 it occupies the ex-Fletcher School.^[12]
• Fletcher-Maynard Academy
• Graham & Parks Alternative Public School
• Haggerty
• Kennedy-Longfellow School
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• King Open
• Morse School
• Peabody
• Tobin Montessori

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• Abebe, Rediet T. "School District Discusses Budget." The Harvard Crimson. December 2, 2009.
• Harmer-Dionne, Elizabeth. "City's schools fail middle class." (letter to the editor) Boston Globe. April 30, 2006.
• Cambridge Schools, 1834-1996
• The public schools of Cambridge.
• What is in a name? The origins of Cambridge Public Elementary Schools’ Nomenclature

External links[edit]

• Cambridge Public School District