As Andover children continue with hybrid learning due to the pandemic, parents are pressuring town education officials to get students back into classrooms full time.
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ANDOVER, MA Claudia Bach did not want to return to Andover Public Schools.
When Sheldon Berman announced he would be stepping down as superintendent, Bach, a former superintendent who lives in the district, started getting calls asking her to run for the interim role. Becoming the next superintendent, even the interim one, was not what I was thinking about, Bach said.
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She said no. When she had stepped down as superintendent in 2010, she decided not to have her name added to a statewide pool of interim superintendent candidates. She was busy with other things. And obviously, it s not an easy year to step in as superintendent. But eventually, following calls from both former colleagues in the district and the Massachusetts School Committees Association, she said okay.
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Former superintendent returns as interim leader of Andover schools
By John Laidler Globe Correspondent,Updated December 28, 2020, 11:58 p.m.
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The Andover School Committee has tapped a familiar face to lead the district while it searches for a new school superintendent.
The committee recently reached agreement with Claudia Bach to serve as interim superintendent from Jan. 1 through June 30. Bach, an Andover resident, served as the townâs school superintendent from 1998 to 2010. She was later director of education policy, preparation, and leadership for the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Sheldon Berman, Andoverâs superintendent since 2015, resigned effective Dec. 31 to relocate to the Pacific Northwest, where his wife has accepted a new position.
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Superintendent Dr. Claudia Bach address the soon to be graduates during Andover High Schools graduation ceremony held in the Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Mass. Photo by Tim Jean/Andover Townsman. Monday, June 5, 2006 ORG XMIT: j0i9f677
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By Madeline Hughes mhughes@eagletribune.com Dec 24, 2020
Dec 24, 2020
Superintendent Dr. Claudia Bach address the soon to be graduates during Andover High Schools graduation ceremony held in the Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Mass. Photo by Tim Jean/Andover Townsman. Monday, June 5, 2006 ORG XMIT: j0i9f677 Tim Jean
Former Andover Superintendent Claudia Bach will serve as interim superintendent through June 2021, the School Committee confirmed last Thursday night.