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Bursting at the Seams

Cambridgeport searches for solutions to severe overcrowding

There's not enough room for everyone to play at once, so the students have to play in shifts.

Noise from the gym disrupts the entire building, including the kindergarten classrooms just down the hall.

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"In the office, it's so loud you can't hear a phone call," says Acting Principal Mary S. Eirich.

Anderson says he didn't know about the condition of the gym when he was hired.

He says he also didn't figure on having to climb a ladder and swing himself over to the floor of his modest storage attic to get gym equipment.

"It's really difficult and dangerous," he says. "You're pulling yourself up and then you jump over."

Anderson says he is ready for a move to Fletcher.

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