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Welcome

Two years ago I ran for the Cambridge School Committee based on a desire to help improve the quality of our public schools. My goal was to make sure all children have the chance to become well-educated, caring, and productive citizens. This has been for me an engrossing and rewarding experience and there is much on the school committee's upcoming agenda to improve our public schools which I would like see to fruition.

I therefore am committed and excited to continue my service to the wonderful children and families that make up our schools. With my twelve years as a middle school teacher and two years on the Cambridge School Committee, I now have experience both in the classroom and in the boardroom

WHY I DESERVE YOUR #1 VOTE AND SUPPORT

My first term accomplishments highlight the benefit of electing a School Committee member with experience as a teacher as well as an ability to collaborate successfully with colleagues.

Some of my accomplishments include:

As Co-Chair of the Mayor's Middle School Youth Commission, I worked with Vice-Mayor Sam Seidel to secure outside funding to develop a strategic plan and improve program quality and participation to best support our middle school youth. Our primary focus is on how our schools, city agencies, and community partners can collaborate to improve middle school youth participation in meaningful out-of-school programs. Beyond the work itself, I am particularly proud of this unprecedented working relationship between School Committee and City Council.
   
As Co-Chair of the FY2010 Budget, I worked with Luc Schuster and the administration on a thoughtful, transparent, and inclusive budget process. We closed a $2 million budget gap without cutting a single classroom teacher, and initiated the process to create more transparency in the budget process and document.
   
As Chair of the Goals Committee and the Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Committee, I advocated for a focus to move beyond test scores and emphasize skills that will best prepare our students for a successful future. Such skills include having students demonstrate critical thinking, collaboration, problem solving, global awareness and communication. Another important goal for future work in the school district is to ensure safe, nurturing and healthy school environments.
   

As Chair of the Superintendent Transition Committee, I am committed to maximize the opportunities having our new superintendent represents. Together with Dr. Jeff Young, we are working on a transition that is smooth, productive, and successful to best benefit the Cambridge Public Schools and our children.

Other initiatives include:

 
Advocating for an energy savings pilot program at the Cambridgeport School where 50% of any energy savings will be shared equally between the school and the district.
   
Representing the School Committee on the city's Healthy Children's Task Force.
   
Serving as a member of the Middle School Committee, Governance Committee, School Climate Committee, and the Collective Bargaining Team to negotiate with all union employees, as well as the Co-Chair of the Mayor's Green Schools Commission.
   
· Continuing to communicate with my constituents by writing informative newsletters.

With your re-election support and #1 VOTE, I will continue working to:

Promote academic rigor for all our children.
   
Ensure students become well-educated problem solvers, collaborators and critical thinkers.
   
Advocate for strong leadership in all our schools.
   
Focus on recruiting, retaining and supporting excellent teachers.
   
Fight to improve the quality and consistency in the middle grades.
   
Push for more participation in excellent after-school and enrichment programs.
   
Insist the budget is focused on where it is most important - the classroom.
   
We develop a system-wide strategic plan to facilitate understanding of where we are, where we need to go, and how we are going to get there.

I thank you in advance for your encouragement and generous support. As always, I welcome your ideas, questions and concerns.

Sincerely,

Nancy Tauber





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