Medford High School Gets New Headmaster

MEDFORD, MA – The vacancy at the head of Medford High School didn't last long. A week after the district announced John Perella was resigning to take a job in his native Revere, Superintendent Marice Edouard-Vincent has announced his successor.

Paul D'Alleva, principal of the Andrews Middle School, will be the next headmaster at Medford High School. In a statement Wednesday, Edouard-Vincent said D'Alleva was the only candidate from within the district to apply for the position. Medford Public Schools also received 25 external applicants, many of whom had a pattern of moving from district to district, according to Edouard-Vincent.

"I am honored and especially excited to be given the opportunity to be the Headmaster at Medford High School," D'Alleva said in a statement. "I look forward to working alongside the Mustang Community to continue to build firm foundations of learning for all students."

D'Alleva has spent his entire 18-year career in education with the Medford Public Schools, starting as a middle school science teacher at the Brooks Hobbs Complex before moving to Medford High School in 2001 to teach chemistry and physics. He began his administrative career in 2007 as an assistant principal at Andrews Middle School, taking over as principal in 2011.

During his tenure as principal at Andrews, D'Alleva has developed a Response to Intervention Model for the school and participated in the National Institute for School Leadership. According to the district, he has demonstrated evidence of increasing student outcomes.

Edouard-Vincent said she expects to appoint a new principal at Andrews Middle School by the start of the school year.

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