Schools are just beginning to decide an approach for end of Covid-aid-funded programs and staff - Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Policy changes ripple through Cambridge schools from adopting universal pre-K, toughening rules - Monday, January 15, 2024 ‘State of the schools’ address marks a moment between Covid recovery and coming challenges - Thursday, December 21, 2023 School district and educators sign a contract, $21M over three years adding teaching time - Thursday, December 7, 2023 School Committee candidates for the 2023 race: Two new faces are guaranteed for Cantabrigians (updated) - Sunday, November 5, 2023 Students two-plus years behind can get tutoring from school district of up to 50 hours a semester - Saturday, October 7, 2023 School Committee candidates agree on a lot during forum on MCAS, pay and leadership - Friday, September 15, 2023 New preschool program alters Controlled Choice, the policy that places students in district schools - Sunday, September 10, 2023 Slower return to more rigorous algebra standard is okayed by School Committee with a roundtable - Wednesday, August 9, 2023 Cambridge marks Juneteenth, parade to park honoring the ‘resilience of the human spirit’ - Tuesday, June 20, 2023 [FAVE] ‘Sea-weedish meatballs’ join the menu at CRLS with the kelp of student-led Project GreenPlate - Tuesday, June 6, 2023 [FAVE] Cambridge school district asks for a mediator, citing ‘impasse’ on contract that union denies - Saturday, June 3, 2023 Schools go into ‘secure and hold’ safety protocol after call to police of a threat that turned out false - Thursday, May 11, 2023 Educators protest amid contract negotiations, saying overwork and stress demands more pay - Thursday, May 4, 2023 School improvement plan funds: Less planned, and lacking more in community engagement - Tuesday, May 2, 2023 Cambridge Community Iftar draws hundreds taking part in Ramadan prayer and halal meal - Friday, March 31, 2023 [FAVE] There’s a push for more time on school budget; District juggles as state cuts extended learning (updated) - Thursday, March 30, 2023 Questions in a quickly passing budget season missing answers in time for public comment - Tuesday, March 21, 2023 Ideas are being accepted to rename upper school; ‘Vassal Lane’ replacements will be heard June 6 - Wednesday, February 15, 2023 Groups protesting governments overseas converge on Harvard Square with rallies - Saturday, February 11, 2023 Look at school district’s $245M budget proposal offers chance to dig into math, vocational issues - Wednesday, February 1, 2023 Cambridge Public Schools open sacred spaces where observant on campuses can pray daily (updated) - Monday, January 23, 2023 School budget season is underway, with officials adding survey seeking more public involvement - Thursday, January 12, 2023 Group turned in work to improve school councils that stays mired in official limbo 18 months later - Wednesday, December 14, 2022 School Committee member Bhambi resigns - Wednesday, November 2, 2022 School year starts lower in student, staff figures but with new leadership and looser Covid rules - Tuesday, September 6, 2022 School district and educators compromise, delivering two-year contract and optimism - Thursday, June 30, 2022 Bullying of trans and other queer kids has surged at schools following return from Covid lockdown - Monday, May 2, 2022 Superintendent will decide mask rule for schools; Even public officials seemed unclear on process - Monday, March 7, 2022 Educators take their contract complaints public, while officials say it’s the union stalling on talks (corrected) - Wednesday, February 16, 2022 Rindge School of Technical Arts improvements and enrollment drop draw council budget queries - Thursday, February 10, 2022 Public school enrollment down 7% in two years, with budgeters wondering: Is this a blip or trend? - Monday, February 7, 2022 After problems around post-holidays testing, schools have new approach for February break - Friday, February 4, 2022 Sexual consent education improvements pass after student walkouts that called out assaults - Thursday, February 3, 2022 Greer is voted in as permanent superintendent - Wednesday, February 2, 2022 Deputy superintendent as a substitute teacher? Student and staff Covid absences mix things up - Friday, January 14, 2022 Large in school district’s Covid-testing debacle: State’s failed promise and an overburdened lab - Friday, January 7, 2022 [FAVE] Covid isolation is likely to go down to five days, following guidance by CDC, school officials say - Wednesday, January 5, 2022 Two-day Covid testing for students and staff leaves some in limbo as schools reopen doors - Wednesday, January 5, 2022 School Committee is sworn in, electing vice chair and gearing up to address Covid and other issues - Monday, January 3, 2022 Schools delay January reopening to Wednesday, giving time for staff, students to be Covid tested - Saturday, January 1, 2022

School Committee candidates for the 2021 race: Nine vie for seats, with one new face guaranteed - Monday, October 25, 2021 Students must soon show proof of vaccination for extracurriculars and sports, committee says - Wednesday, October 6, 2021 Schools reopen after 18 months of coronavirus, presenting questions for a new superintendent - Thursday, September 9, 2021 District and unions unite on mandatory vaccines, but 35% of staffers didn’t respond to jabs survey - Tuesday, September 7, 2021 Suspension of two for mass MCAS resistance brings challenge by educators: Punish us also - Tuesday, June 15, 2021 MCAS opponents: 52. Punished for it: Two. Suspension for one is students’ graduation - Monday, June 14, 2021 Several options in free Covid vaccine for kids, maybe with side of ice cream for 12-and-ups - Wednesday, May 19, 2021 Hybrid grad ceremony, open-air Starlight party offer seniors their moment as coronavirus ebbs - Saturday, May 15, 2021 Full-time, in-person classes back at high school with 47% of students opting in, officials report - Monday, May 10, 2021 Greer to return to city as interim superintendent after School Committee vote; contract talks await - Thursday, May 6, 2021 Finalist leaves field for interim superintendent, leaving Greer or Metcalf to take over in summer - Saturday, April 17, 2021 School Committee has announced three finalists for interim superintendent; forums to be April 8 - Friday, March 26, 2021 Tight timeline to find a schools superintendent, starting with an interim leader in place by July 1 - Monday, March 1, 2021 School district budget process has new problem: Keeping virtual meetings on track after an attack - Tuesday, February 9, 2021 Remote classes unaffected, but CPS website continues to suffer from problems with host - Monday, February 8, 2021 School district site host goes down temporarily; Some applications restored in fallback approach - Friday, February 5, 2021 District can begin expanding in-person classes March 1 as plan passes committee with 6-1 vote - Wednesday, January 20, 2021 In-person classes would see expansion March 1 in district’s proposal, with time to tweak details - Saturday, January 16, 2021 Superintendent Salim resigns effective June 30 - Tuesday, January 12, 2021 Mourning staff death from Covid-19 is backdrop for a change in how to weigh in-person learning - Thursday, January 7, 2021 New guidelines would look only within schools when deciding whether to go to remote learning - Saturday, January 2, 2021 School Committee considering three changes around Covid-19 response, in-person classes - Tuesday, December 22, 2020 Post-holiday Covid leap for in-person students, and likely adult-to-kids transmission seen too - Thursday, December 3, 2020 School district refocuses Covid-19 metrics, reaches out to diversify its decision-making - Thursday, November 19, 2020 Amigos School goes all remote through Nov. 30 after report of latest positive test for coronavirus - Monday, November 16, 2020 Vote stalls, days from ending in-person learning, over a lack of diversity in deciding Covid metrics - Thursday, November 12, 2020 Looking at Covid-19 data from county and state moves schools toward end of in-person learning - Wednesday, November 11, 2020 In reopened schools, one student tests positive, staff Covid screening data low in an ‘aberration’ - Tuesday, October 27, 2020 Q&A: How the city, schools and state cooperate on coronavirus testing and results day to day - Tuesday, October 27, 2020 Nearly 300 teachers wanted Covid adjustments, committee learns at update on reopened schools - Friday, October 23, 2020 Officials vote warily on school reopening plan, mostly remote, with many ways to pull the plug - Saturday, August 8, 2020 Vote for how to reopen schools set for Tuesday, but educators have doubts on proposal models - Thursday, July 16, 2020 Full summer meeting schedule on reopenings surprises School Committee expecting a break - Friday, June 26, 2020 Covid-19 Task Force will reshape school for fall, taking advice from several new working groups - Thursday, June 18, 2020 With state waiver, schools to end on schedule without need to pay $2M for remote learning - Thursday, June 4, 2020 District could end the year with $1.8M to spend or need additional $606,000 from City Council - Tuesday, May 19, 2020 Questioning schools’ bid to save $2M, some ask: Did remote learning start well enough to count? - Friday, May 15, 2020 With dip in state funds comes risk of grant cuts for extended hours at MLK, Fletcher-Maynard (updated) - Thursday, May 14, 2020 School budget-straining Covid-19 responses, including $2M state demand, are on agenda - Tuesday, May 12, 2020 State’s math could cost school district $2M, forcing makeup days for time it didn’t miss - Thursday, May 7, 2020 Homegrown, crowdsourced guide Shopsafely expands rapidly, like the virus forcing its birth - Saturday, April 25, 2020 Cambridge schools to close for academic year per governor’s order; district sends out survey - Tuesday, April 21, 2020 Schools still adapting to remote learning needs; Delivery date unknown for 600 Chromebooks - Friday, April 3, 2020 What it’s like to get a drive-in coronavirus test while living with a frontline health professional - Saturday, March 21, 2020 [FAVE] With campuses closed as a step against virus, student meals come to drop-off points by bus - Sunday, March 15, 2020 Superintendent Salim will work from home, pointing to potential coronavirus exposure - Thursday, March 12, 2020 District looks at school-closing ramifications amid growing fears coronavirus is on its way - Saturday, March 7, 2020 School bus cameras okayed for new contract, along with other tech under surveillance law - Wednesday, March 4, 2020 School district expects next budget of $213.7M, tighter than current but growing (corrected) - Thursday, February 6, 2020 With growing workload for schools’ lawyers, committee okays blank check for hiring firm - Sunday, February 2, 2020 At its full membership after election recount, School Committee supports race equity goals - Friday, January 31, 2020 Budget season promises longer discussion, expanded community input and more Q&A - Thursday, January 9, 2020 School Committee members sworn into office, triggering the process to replace missing sixth - Tuesday, January 7, 2020 Committee term limps to end, Kelly revealing reason she didn’t seek reelection: bad blood - Friday, December 20, 2019 How elected official opts out of a win unclear to officials and staff after decision by Dexter - Monday, December 16, 2019 Questions about Tobin-Vassal Lane projects? Get expanded answers on some of the details - Sunday, December 15, 2019 Tobin-Vassal Lane education complex growth conflicts with a goal set by Innovation Agenda - Monday, December 9, 2019 Pair of models for universal pre-kindergarten offer big changes, big costs, much uncertainty - Tuesday, December 3, 2019 Sick leave donations okayed for FMA teacher, but officials are wary of it setting a precedent - Saturday, November 30, 2019 High school mock School Committee election caps weeks of intense look at city democracy - Sunday, October 27, 2019 Proposed recreational pot shop is acceptable 400 feet from school complex, officials decide - Friday, October 18, 2019 School superintendent’s contract is extended, terms much the same, on unexplained 6-1 vote - Thursday, October 10, 2019 Cambridge Education Association hosts School Committee candidates Thursday - Tuesday, October 1, 2019 One upper school’s 5% algebra rate alarms; tutoring motion referred to superintendent - Saturday, September 21, 2019