Fantini called the vote "a clear vote of no-confidence to the superintendent and to the principal and the leadership team of the high school."
But the four committee members who opposed the proposal (and want to let parents select their child's school at CRLS)--Susana M. Segat, E. Denise Simmons, Alice L. Turkel and Nancy Walser--have stood by their decision.
Walser said the reasons for her vote have been "misconstrued." She said she wants to ensure that, eventually, parents can choose between "small schools" at CRLS that operate under fundamentally different teaching philosophies.
Under the current plan, all the CRLS schools are structured in the same way.
Walser said the proposal administrators offered two weeks ago failed to spell out a clear plan for how the small schools would develop and she said converstations with Evans and D'Alessandro last week did not resolve her questions.
"I can't get clarification on where we're going. I have to guess," she said. "I want to get some clarity. I don't think that's unreasonable. I don't think that's political."
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