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1. Refocus the role of the School Committee: its priority and focus should be to create and support visionary high standards in the cambrr'dge School System.
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2. Iteduce the School Committee's Istoric 'ngrained impulse to manage, as distinguished from erning, e District.
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Cambridge A~s: • Citiz~chool Superintendent Selection Committee • Superintendent's School Advisory , Committee iZ.U1 S • Citiz~olice Commissioner Selection Com~e • Cambridge Chamber of Commerce (Director) • CEOC (Director, Treasurer) • CASPAR (Director) • Cambridge Hospital (Trustee, Chair of Finance Committee) ~ • Health Policy Bo D <7'f.r,J • Proposition 2 Committee (Chair) • Neville Manor Nursing Home (Trustee, Chair)
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