2021 Interviews with School Committee Candidates
The Register Forum interviewed Cambridge School Committee candidates running in November 2nd’s election. These interviews were conducted either in person, over zoom, or by email between the candidates and nine different Register Forum reporters. Interviews have been edited for clarity and concision.
Despite being in communication with Candidate Jose Luis Villareal, the Register Forum was unable to complete an interview due to an extended scheduling conflict.
Caroline Hunter
Register Forum (RF): What distinguishes you from the other eight candidates for school committee? Caroline Hunter (CH): I think the fact that I’m an experienced educator separates me from everybody else … I’m also the parent of someone who went through Cambridge Public Schools K-12. I’ve also worked as a teacher and as an administrator within the public school system, so I’ve done everything ...
Christopher Lim
Register Forum (RF): What distinguishes you from the other eight candidates running for School Committee this year? Christopher Lim (CL): I think it’s a combination of background, interests, as well as experience. I think having an engineering background means that I look at the world through a different lens, and I’m married to an eighth grade teacher, I have an eighth grade son. My kid ha...
Fred Fantini
Register Forum (RF): What distinguishes you from the other eight candidates? Fred Fantini (FF): I am the longest-serving member in the city of Cambridge School Committee history, having served for 38 years and 19 terms. Experience is really one of the things that distinguish me from everyone else. I am always working hard to get new constituents. This year in the midst of this pandemic because of my exper...
David Weinstein
Register Forum (RF): What distinguishes you from the other eight candidates? David Weinstein (DW): I am the only person who has both served on the School Committee and as a classroom teacher. I know how to connect innovations and ideals with classroom realities. I taught high school English and art K-12 in public schools in New York and Massachusetts. I worked with children with special learning ...
Akriti Bhambi
Register Forum (RF): What distinguishes you from the other eight candidates? Akriti Bhambi (AB): I’m a very system-level thinker. For the past four years, I worked as State Representative Marjorie Decker’s Chief of Staff, which led me to extensively work on macro level policy-making and budget work. I had to think about how policies like education policy are intersectionality connected to other i...
Ayesha Wilson
Register Forum (RF): What distinguishes you from the other eight candidates? Ayesha Wilson (AW): I am a social worker, I’m the only social worker on the school committee. I’m the only union employee, and I’m the only candidate that is directly front facing with young people each and every day. RF: And what do you mean by that? AW: So, I am the senior teacher counselor for the ...
Rachel Weinstein
Register Forum (RF): What distinguishes you from the other eight candidates? Rachel Weinstein (RW): Okay, so there's a few things. First, I'm the only incumbent who's both a product of the Cambridge Public Schools and a parent in them, and now have this policy-making experience. I also work with schools in my other job … with the district charter and Catholic schools in Boston … I have been the ...
Daria Johnson
Register Forum (RF): What distinguishes you from other candidates? Daria Johnson (DJ) : I am the only single mother that is working a full time job, that has a single income … Also, the message that I am running on. I am specifically focusing on decolonizing our curriculum. Not us becoming anti-racist, us being anti-racist. We use that word a lot: ‘Let’s move towards anti-racism, let’s be...
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