Two Worcester updates

• Don't miss today's letter from Worcester's Society of Friends. 
• If you didn't catch Clive McFarland's columns earlier this week (here and here in the second half), I want to note that this sort of data analysis is supposed to be a basic function of the adminstration. It is what the School Committee should be hearing reports on, and it's part what the Superintendent should be held accountable on. We shouldn't have to leave it to columnists to do the basic analysis.