Only Excitement For Next Foxborough Assistant Superintendent

FOXBOROUGH, MA — You’ll be hard-pressed to find many people at the Foxborough Public Schools that are not excited about K-8 Math/Science Director Alison Mello’s recent promotion to assistant superintendent.

Mello appeared in front of the school committee last week and spoke about her new job.

“If they asked me a year or two ago, I wasn’t aspiring for the role...When this opportunity came up I figured if I’m going to try this anywhere, it’s going to be here,” Melo told the school committee.

Melo, who has been in Foxborough for about a decade, beat out 48 other applicants for the position. She will succeed Amy Berdos, who was promoted to superintendent over the summer shortly after Superintendent Debra Spinelli announced her retirement. Both start their new position on Jan. 1.

So far, there’s been nothing but excitement for the newest assistant superintendent.

“I cannot tell you how many people have stopped me in all five schools with the overwhelming support of Alison as the next assistant superintendent. It’s just been sentiments of excitement that it’s going to continue all the great work we’ve been doing,” Berdos said.

Mello started in Foxborough as a math specialist in 2007 and has been in her current position since 2009. She holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and education from Rhode Island College, a master's degree in education from Bridgewater State University, and is a candidate for a doctoral degree in educational, instructional, and curriculum supervision from Johnson and Wales University.

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