Three years ago, Cambridgeport and Maynard were set to be merged, but the process was hotly contentious. One of D'Alessandro's first actions when she became superintendent was to call off that merger.
Crowded Out
She says she tried to use the school's library with her class for a research project in the morning but was booted by a teacher who needed to use the space for a math lesson.
"We had five minutes of research time," she says. "If that's not ridiculous, I don't know what is."
"We're going to the public library tomorrow," she adds. "They have room for us."
The library used to have flexible scheduling that allowed teachers to bring their classes and work on research projects, says seven-year librarian Laurie Cleveland.
"This year I had to change my policy," she says. "Last year, it became untenable."
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