ORIE DUDLEY

--graduated from Harvard College '67 with an A.B. in Government.

--has been endorsed by the Common Slate and the Cambridge Civic Association.

--is an investment analyst at Loomis-Sayles & Co.

--lives in Cambridgeport with his wife and their two children.

--has two children in the Cambridge Public Schools.

--has been president of the Webster School PTA for the past two years.

CONCERNS

--the need for a reform majority on the School Committee to retain and support Superintendent Cheatham.

--better management of the $1800 per student we spend each year, not more money.

--Increased community participation in the form of local review boards to set priorities in each school and evaluate those priorities.

--equal educational opportunities for the mid-Cambridge schools (Morse, King, Webster, Fletcher, Longfellow, and Roberts).

--improved basic education at the elementary level.

--support for innovations like the Alternative Public School, Pilot School, and open classrooms.