My Turn: Common sense to postpone MCAS this year
Published: 12/13/2020 2:26:50 PM
Thank you, Chip Wood, for your My Turn piece titled “MCAS 2021 Really?” that ran on Dec. 10. Mr. Wood laid out many reasons for placing a moratorium on mandated testing of students in Massachusetts for this school year.
There is a consensus in the educational community and, I would posit, the larger community as a whole, that the hodgepodge approach to teaching this year, from fully remote, to hybrid, to fully in-school with its myriad restrictions does not remotely constitute a “regular” year for students. It leaves one to wonder about the necessity of testing.
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William Lupini is currently superintendent of the SAU 21 regional school district in New Hampshire.
Superintendent Jennifer Curtis-Whipple will depart in February 2021.
WEYMOUTH The school committee has selected two finalists for the job of interim superintendent to temporarily lead the district when Superintendent Jennifer Curtis-Whipple departs in February.
The committee on Thursday voted to move forward with interviewing the finalists, Kathleen Smith and William Lupini.
Smith retired as Brockton Public Schools superintendent in 2019 after a long career with the district. She has since served as the interim superintendent in Salem while they searched for a permanent superintendent.
Lupini is superintendent of the SAU 21 regional school district in New Hampshire. He previously served as the Essex Technical High School superintendent.