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Whereas: The Cambridge School Committee's "primary responsibility is to establish those purposes, programs, and procedures that will best produce the educational achievement needed by our students"; and

Whereas: As it is also stated in the Policy Manual that, "The School Committee will hear regular reports on educational programs and on-going curriculum study and revision"; and

Whereas: The School Committee and school administration must work together to ensure that proper structures are in place to implement robust academic and social-emotional / mental health recovery plans for our scholars who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic; and

Whereas: A new CPS Academic Recovery Team has been established to address the social emotional and academic disruption of our school communities as a result of COVID-19; now therefore be it Resolved: That beginning on Friday, February 26, 2021, the Superintendent will present the School Committee with a monthly report in his Weekly, outlining the Academic Recovery Team's planning efforts, including what questions are on the table and what decisions are being made.