Interim Superintendent Shares Goals for the 2017-2018 School Year

By Kate Anslinger

Interim School Superintendent Lisa Howard shared her plans for the future of the district at last Monday night’s School Committee meeting. One of her many goals is to evaluate the loss of the curriculum director position.  “I think it’s critical to compare the impact and losses of the position,” said Howard, who will have the responsibility of designating the past director’s responsibilities amongst the principals, herself and other staff from the central office.

Howard plans on looking deeper into the various subjects and evaluate what has been done in the past and what can benefit the district going forward. In addition to this challenging task, Howard is on a mission to develop an understanding of the district’s school culture, establish her presence in the community, identify critical procedural needs and open up conversations with people. One of the ways that she is immersing herself into the district is by scheduling meetings with both individuals and groups in the community.

“I’ll be able to give the feedback from these meetings back to the committee to help you establish goals,” said Howard.

In other news:

• The class of 2018 is having a car-wash fundraiser on Saturday, Aug. 26, 9 am-noon in the Arthur T. Cummings School Circle Driveway. Rain date is scheduled for Sept. 2.
• The summer food service program is serving free meals to all children in Winthrop ages 2-18. The program runs from July 5^th to August 14^th. Meals are served at Winthrop Middle School, 60 Payson St., and the old middle school, 151 Pauline St. (rear door by Parks & Recreation). Breakfast is served from 9am to 10am and lunch is served from noon to 1pm
• The summer reading list is posted on the school websites