Lexington Superintendent Candidates Narrowed to 3

After a nationwide search, the Lexington School Committee has narrowed down superintendent candidates to three:

• Dr. Mary Czajkowski: Superintendent of Barnstable Public Schools
• Dr. George Entwistle: Superintendent of Scarborough Public Schools (Maine)
• Kaine Osburn: Deputy Superintendent of Naperville Community Unit School District 203 (Illinois)

Here’s more information from the School Committee:

“Each finalist will be invited to return to Lexington next week in order to tour schools, meet with town leaders, staff members, members of the community, and to take part in a formal public interview with the five-member School Committee.

The School Committee is hosting an open Meet and Greet hour for each candidate.

These will take place at the Lexington High School Library Media Center from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Monday December 15, Wednesday December 17 and Thursday December 18. These will be informal opportunities to say hello to each candidate, they will not be formal interviews.

The School Committee will conduct formal interviews with each candidate on these same dates in open meetings beginning at 7:00 p.m. These meetings will be open to the public and will take place at the Central Office building located at 146 Maple Street, Lexington MA. They will be taped by LexMedia for future broadcast, but LexMedia will not be able to broadcast live from that location. www.lexmedia.org

Community members may offer their opinions on any of the finalists by:

• Completing a Superintendent Candidate Feedback form that will be made available in the meet and greet sessions and at the School Committee interview meetings
• Or directly emailing the School Committee

The School Committee will meet in open session on Friday December 19 at 4:00 p.m. in the Board of Selectmen’s Meeting Room to select its preferred candidate for Superintendent. The public is welcome to attend this meeting. LexMedia plans to broadcast the meeting live.

Current Superintendent Paul Ash announced earlier this year that he will retire effective in 2015.”

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