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Revere visit highlights Lorenzo Garcia’s multilingual outreach, restorative-justice work
Summary
Vice Chair Hunter and other members reported that Lorenzo Garcia’s site visit to Revere drew praise for restorative-practices implementation, literacy programs for multilingual learners, an equity board including students, and expanded community-school partnerships.
Committee members who visited Revere described candidate Lorenzo Garcia as a culturally responsive leader with track records in restorative practices and multilingual-learning supports.
Vice Chair Hunter said Revere stakeholders described Garcia as "a hard worker and as a doer and a creator," credited him with implementing restorative justice districtwide and with starting literacy and writing centers that supported multilingual learners. Hunter noted that Garcia had formed an equity board that included students from middle through high school.
Members also recounted a "welcome club" student-mentoring program that supports newly arrived students and a parent-leader trajectory in which a former non‑English‑speaking caregiver became a family‑liaison leader. Members cited these programs as examples of long-term community engagement and inclusion that could translate to Cambridge needs.
Members emphasized Garcia’s ability to convene atypical stakeholders and to develop partnerships with higher-education institutions for multilingual curriculum work.
