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Coffee with a Сop invites residents ConCom and DCR reacts to share experiences with police to cease and desist order for whale carcase burial
Commission originally onboard with DCR’s decision
By Tara Vocino
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Revere PD Officer Youness Elalam enjoys some coffee with Malden resident Anna Viac (right) and her friend during Wednesday’s get-together at the Market Basket Cafe on Squire Rd. (Advocate photo by Tara Vocino)
By Tara Vocino
Coffee with a Cop is intend- on patrol. ed to be a more informal setFormer crossing guard Clifivilians had the opportunity ting where residents can share ford Pisano, who was a guard to vent during Coffee with a concerns or ask questions that from 2004 to 2010, was talking Cop on Wednesday morning at they may not otherwise have Market Basket Cafe. time to share while officers are COFFEE | SEE PAGE 16
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he Conservation Commission announced Wednesday night that they issued an emergency cease and desist order for the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) to not bury anything on the beach until they come up with a better game plan. However, in the early stages, the commission was originally onboard with the decision. “I think that they should have brought the mammals back to the ocean to be shark bait,” Conservation Commission Interim Chairman Nick Moulaison Sr. said Wednesday night. “Instead, they buried the
clams, whale, and a seal 10 to 12 feet deep on the beach.” Moulaison said the rest of the clams remain on the beach unburied. The cease and desist order was effective Wednesday, Sept. 26, Moulaison Sr. said. The decision came after reading State Rep. RoseLee Vincent and her letter, “State Rep. RoseLee Vincent protests slap in the face to the city of Revere — burial of Cohaset’s whale” in Friday’s Advocate. “In my opinion, the whale should have been respectfully cut up into pieces and
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Majority of Revere students scored below state average in MCAS results By Tara Vocino
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he Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released a new round of MCAS scores last week, revealing a number of strengths and weakness-
es in Revere Public Schools. Students in grades 3 to 8 took the “next generation” MCAS tests last spring, and according to their scores, 50 percent of students partially met expectations in English Language Arts, while 50 percent
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students partially met expectations in mathematics. The scores, which are just one measure of student performance, are the results of new and more difficult tests aligned to the federal Common Core standards which aim to ensure every high school graduate is ready for college or a career. The new tests have been designed to better measure critical thinking, application of knowledge and connections between reading and writing. Educators believe the new tests will help classroom teachers spot areas where students need more academic support. Scores from Revere show some significant swings from grade to grade and school to school.
At A.C. Whelan, among thirdScores at Garfield Elementato eighth-grade students test- ry and Middle jumped below ed, 50 percent of students state averages with 50 percent barely met expectations in partially meeting expectations English Language Arts while 50 percent partially met those MCAS | SEE PAGE 7 expectations in Math, scoring in line with state average, acOur 80th Year cording to data released. Scores at Abraham Lincoln show similar fluctuations with 50 percent of students partially meeting expectations in Next Classes English Language Arts while 49 percent of students partially met those expectations in Math, scoring below state average. Scores from Beachmont in Two Weeks grades 3 to 8 jumped beyond Night Classes state averages with 51 percent Oct. 15 & Nov.12 of students meeting expecOne Week tations in both English LanDay Class guage Arts and in Math. December 24
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