Community Charter School of Cambridge
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Community Charter School of Cambridge is a charter school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Located in the Kendall Square area near MIT, the school serves 360 students in grades 6-12. CCSC opened in September 2005.
History
The school was initially scheduled to open in the fall of 2005 with grades 7 and 8. It was to receive 180 students, with 150 being from
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School, co-founded the school with Emma Stellman, formerly a physics teacher from Cambridge Rindge & Latin, and Rob Riordan, a co-founder of High Tech High
and former faculty member at Cambridge Rindge & Latin.
The school had a controversial start. Before it was granted a charter from the
Cambridge Public Schools (CPS) asked Evans to halt her project. Nancy Walser, a board member of CPS at the time, said that some members of the charter school board had resigned by February 2004 and that opponents to the charter school passed the information along but never pressured people.[3]
Notable alumni
- Dzhokhar Tsarnaev[4] – Boston Marathon bomber and terrorist; attended the middle school program, withdrew in grade 9.[5]
References
- ^ "Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education - 2020-21 SAT Performance Report - All Students Statewide Report".
- ^ Linn, Brendan R. and Alan J. Tabak. "Charter School Stirs Controversy." () The Harvard Crimson. March 17, 2005. Retrieved on June 3, 2013.
- Boston Globe. February 22, 2004. Retrieved on June 3, 2013.
- Boston Globe. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
- Masslive. 2015-04-29. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
External links
- Official website
- CCSC Tumblr at archive.today (archived February 16, 2013)
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