NORTHAMPTON With the start of classes slated for Thursday, the public school district’s interim leader is negotiating with a candidate for the role of interim principal at Northampton High School, but officials said it is still possible for.
South Hadley interim Superintendent Diana Bonneville tapped to lead Hampshire Regional School District
Updated 2:47 PM;
She was among four finalists for the position.
Her appointment is subject to successful negotiations of a labor contract, which are scheduled on Thursday.
The goal is for Bonneville to be in place by July 1, regional school board chair Margaret Larson said on Monday.
The other finalists were Beth Choquette, the principal at Bridge Street School in Northampton; the Oxford school district assistant superintendent Susan Henrichon; and Stacey Jenkins, an internal candidate, who is principal at Anne T. Dunphy elementary school in Williamsburg.
In addition to Williamsburg and the K-6 school in town, the district includes K-6 schools in Westhampton, and in Southampton, and a regional Chesterfield-Goshen K-6.
Finalists picked for Gateway Regional, Hampshire Regional superintendents
Kristen Smidy, the principal of Hampshire Regional, stands with her son Andrew Smidy in front of the school in March 2020. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Published: 3/1/2021 9:19:52 PM
HUNTINGTON Four finalists have been named in the search for the next superintendent for the Gateway Regional School District.
The finalists include Hampshire Regional High School Principal Kristen Smidy and Gateway Regional School District Pupil Services Director Kurt Garivaltis, as well as Battenkill Valley (Arlington, Vermont) Supervisory Union Superintendent William Bazyk and East Longmeadow High School Principal Gina Flanagan.
The finalists were selected by the Superintendent Search Subcommittee of the Gateway Regional District School Committee.
LENOX â Veteran eastern Pennsylvania educator and administrator Marc J. Gosselin has accepted a four-year contract as the new superintendent of the townâs public school district.
Under the terms of the agreement, Gosselin, 43, will start July 1, with a first-year salary of $160,000, followed by unspecified increases thereafter, committee Chairman Robert Vaughan told The Eagle.
He was selected unanimously by the School Committee on Jan. 29.
Second-place finisher Beth Choquette, a North Adams native and Cheshire resident who is an elementary school principal in Northampton, also had impressed School Committee members with a strong interview last week.
Gosselin, a native of Dracut in Eastern Massachusetts, was a finalist for superintendent of the larger Dover-Sherborn school district in Bostonâs western suburbs. But, the 15-member joint School Committee and superintendent search committee there failed to reach consensus at a meeting Monday, opting instead to gather mo
LENOX â The two finalists for Lenox schools superintendent each won strong support from the seven School Committee members after remote interviews Tuesday night.
Beth Choquette, a North Adams native who is an elementary school principal in Northampton, and Marc J. Gosselin Jr., an administrator and former principal in a large suburban district outside Philadelphia, described their leadership visions.
In the fourth hour of their meeting, School Committee members agreed to reconvene at 5:30 p.m. Friday for discussion and a vote on hiring a successor to interim Superintendent William Cameron.
Choquette, previously an elementary school principal in Stamford, Vt., and who recently earned a doctorate in education from Boston College, emphasized equity and inclusive practices for all students. She called for âanti-bias, anti-racist trainingâ for educators, with an emphasis on social justice standards.