School Committee Will Introduce Superintendent Search Firm Tonight

Tonight, the School Committee will introduce the Massachusetts Association of School Committees as the firm chosen to help find Watertown's new superintendent.

MASC Executive Director Glen Koocher will be at the meeting, according to the information packet provided to School Committee members. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in Town Hall. The School Committee will also discuss the Fiscal 2013 school budget.

The firm was chosen in December by the Ad Hoc Subcommittee appointed for the superintendent search. Subcommittee members were directed by the School Committee to find the lowest bidder after their references checked out.

Watertown seeks to find a permanent replacement for Watertown's Assistant Superintendent, Jean Fitzgerald, has served as the interim superintendent this school year.

In December, to give Fitzgerald the job of superintendent.