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Boston School Committee: uneven past, uncertain future Elected board often became a battleground
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Choosing the most ignominious moment in the stained history of the
elected Boston School Committee is a daunting task by any measure,
but it may have come on a December day in 1974 when member John J.
Kerrigan mimicked a chimpanzee as he described ABC-TV correspondent
Lem Tucker, who was black.
"He's one generation from swinging in the trees," Kerrigan leered.
"I bet he loves bananas."
Seventeen years later, as the School Committee is set to fade into
political history, Kerrigan ...
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Tretter steps out as chairman; Craig Harris will lead School Committee.(LOCAL NEWS)
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
; Byline: Priyanka Dayal WESTBORO - Bruce Tretter has stepped down as chairman of the School Committee, after just a week at the helm. His announcement came at the end of a School Committee meeting Wednesday night, after a lengthy executive session about collective bargaining. In light of current
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Building contractor files suit against Calais School Committee
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
; ... members abstaining. Those school committee members who voted in favor of the proposal were not identified by name in the complaint. News reports at the time identified the three as Leah McLean, Peter Leon and Dan Lacasse. A month later, the city signed a lease agreement ...
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Contract talks stall; state asked to step in; Teachers union, School Committee at impasse.(LOCAL NEWS)
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
; Byline: Priyanka Dayal WESTBORO - After more than a year of negotiations, the teachers union and School Committee have officially reached an impasse. And, in a rare move, the School Committee is looking to state officials for help. The Westboro Teachers Association rejected the School Committee's
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE URGED TO CUT AIDES, NOT TEACHERS
The Boston Globe
; The Boston Municipal Research Bureau called on the School Committee yesterday to eliminate salaries for personal staff, rather than lay off teachers to help balance this year's budget. The bureau's recommendation comes as the School Committee holds a special meeting tonight to consider a plan to
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Close vote puts Peck on school committee; May's 3rd-place finisher appointed to fill vacancy
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
; The Patriot Ledger By the narrowest of margins, school committee members and selectmen chose a political newcomer rather than a two term- incumbent to fill a vacancy on the school committee last night. David Peck, the third-place finisher in the school committee race last month, was appointed to
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