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Staff, Parents Ask for Clarity as CPS Transitions K-Lo Students to New Schools

While Cambridge Public Schools works to transition students from the Kennedy-Longfellow School, following a December vote to close the school, some parents and staff say they need more agency and ...
The Harvard Crimson

‘Set Up To Fail’: How Students and Funds Drained From Kennedy-Longfellow

When Cambridge resident Kara Keating Bench decided which elementary school to send her kids to, she was originally skeptical of the Kennedy-Longfellow School’s underperformance on the Massachusetts ...
The Harvard Crimson

Superintendent Recommends Closing Long-Struggling Cambridge Elementary School

Cambridge Public Schools interim superintendent David G. Murphy said he will recommend closing the Kennedy-Longfellow School, a kindergarten through fifth grade school that has suffered from low test ...
The Harvard Crimson

Kennedy-Longfellow School To Close Following Unanimous Vote by Cambridge School Committee

The Cambridge School Committee voted unanimously to close the Kennedy-Longfellow School at their last scheduled regular meeting of the year, following extensive criticism during a nearly two-hour ...