District to Dedicate Library Media Center to Late Superintendent

The following release was sent to us by the Reading Public Schools department.

On Thursday, November 17, 2011, the Reading School Committee and the Reading School Department will formally dedicate the Library Media Center at Reading Memorial High School in memory of former Superintendent Pat Schettini.  The ceremony will take place at 6:30 p.m. in the Schettini Library Media Center, immediately preceding the second night of our fall town meeting.  Community members are invited and encouraged to attend.

Late last year, after adopting a facility naming policy, the Reading School Committee accepted nominations from the community for the naming of its facilities.  In response to a nomination submitted by Mrs. Linda Snow-Dockser, the School Committee voted in February to name the RMHS Library Media Center, the Patrick A. Schettini, Jr. Library Media Center. 

Mr. Schettini taught mathematics at Reading High School from 1980 to 1986, then served as Assistant Principal from 1986 to 1996.  After serving as a Principal at Dennis-Yarmouth High and Assistant Superintendent in Natick, Mr. Schettini returned to Reading in 2003 to become Superintendent of Schools.  While Superintendent, Schettini oversaw the RMHS construction project, including the renovation of the Library Media Center which he envisioned as a vital center for promoting 21st century learning, media and information literacy, technology mastery, and student collaboration.

Mr. Schettini passed away on December 26, 2009 after a seven month battle with pancreatic cancer.