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Kennedy‑Longfellow closure: district says students will be reassigned and resources redeployed to support transitions
Summary
School leaders said most Kennedy‑Longfellow students are enrolling at King Open and King School; district plans to redeploy special education and other staff, and officials will provide more detailed staffing allocations in March as impact bargaining continues.
The Cambridge Public Schools administration told a Feb. 24 joint roundtable that the resources and staff associated with the recently closed Kennedy‑Longfellow School will be redeployed to support student transitions, with most students enrolling at King Open and the King School.
Interim Superintendent Dave Murphy said the School Committee directed the district to prioritize transitioning students when it voted on the KLO recommendation in December. The administration reported that many KLO families chose continuity cohorts at King Open (rising first and second graders) or King (rising third through fifth graders), and a significant share of students will be integrated at those…
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