<p>WHEREAS: Dr. Carolyn L. Turk retired from the Cambridge Public Schools (CPS) after 46 years of service in 2023; and</p><p>WHEREAS: Dr. Carolyn L. Turk is a lifelong Cantabrigian who was educated in the Cambridge Public Schools, attended the Russell Elementary School and then the Tobin, graduated in 1973 from Cambridge High and Latin School, before proceeding to institutions of higher education; and</p><p>WHEREAS: Dr. Carolyn L. Turk began her career with Cambridge Public Schools as an Extended Term Substitute, became a full-time teacher at the Tobin, served as Acting Assistant Principal at the Tobin in 1991, Assistant Principal at the Tobin in 1992; Acting Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction in 1998, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction in 1999, and finally, the Deputy Superintendent of Teaching and Learning in 2002, a role in which she served tremendously for twenty-one years; and</p><p>WHEREAS: The 2022-23 <a href="https://secure1.cpsd.us/school_committee/admin/orders/C23-281.pdf">School Committee recognized Dr. Turk’s contributions</a> to the students, educators, and families of Cambridge Public Schools and expressed intent to name a physical space in her honor; now therefore be it </p><p>RESOLVED: That the auditorium of the new Tobin Montessori and Darby Vassal schools will be named the Dr. Carolyn L. Turk Auditorium and will be adorned with appropriate signage.</p>
