… CSD Alum Looks to Turn Around a Struggling School District … CSD Alum Looks to Turn Around a Struggling School District Cynthia Paris, CSD ’96, hadn’t even … of middle-school students asked about her background, it was an opportunity to find common ground. “They were curious and wanted to identify themselves with me,” … the Boston Public Schools. There she applied her IHP education, and recalls today how her written and language-disorders practicum made a huge impact. “It was a …