Framingham Announces Assistant Superintendent Pick

Framingham Superintendent of Schools Stacy L. Scott announced today, Jan. 6, he has selected Matthew Brunell, as his pick for assistant superintendent of schools.

Brunell, if confirmed by a vote of the Framingham School Committee, would replace Mark Price, who left after one year with the school district.

Brunell is currently the COO of Building Excellent Schools, which supports entrepreneurs to design, found, lead and sustain excellent charter schools in underserved communities nationwide.

In the past 15 years, finalist Brunell has served as an attorney; public school teacher; school administrator, and chief officer for a national educational non-profit organization, according to the Framingham Public Schools.

“I look forward to working with Matt and his systemic approach to organizations and his different experiences in addressing educational leadership and management challenges, “ said Scott.

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Brunell earned two degrees from Boston College; his first was his undergraduate degree in English and his second was his Law degree.

The School Committee is scheduled to meet Tuesday night, but this item is not on the agenda; so the vote will likely come at a later meeting.

Tuesday night, the Framingham Teachers Association co-president spoke against the pick of Brunell. Click here to read the statement.

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Photo courtesy of Building Excellent Schools

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Updated at 2:40 a.m. Wednesday with link to FTA co-president statement. Updated at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, to fix typo in the subheadline of CEO to COO. Originally published at 11:40 a.m.