By WHAV Staff |
Dr. Albert B. Consentino School. (Jay Saulnier file photograph for WHAV News.)
Familiar names officially join the Haverhill Public School’s leadership team as principals for the next school year.
Superintendent Margaret Marotta-Smith recently told the School Committee Erin Mackay becomes principal of the John C. Tilton Lower and Upper Schools; James Brennan, principal of Pentucket Lake Elementary School; and Richard Poor, principal of the Dr. Albert B. Consentino School. All three had been serving in those jobs on an “interim” basis.
Prior to joining Tilton as assistant principal, Mackay was a fifth-grade teacher at the John K. Tarbox School in Lawrence for almost a decade. Brennan joined the district in 2015 as assistant principal at Pentucket Lake. Poor was named Consentino’s assistant principal in 2017 and traded places with his boss, Principal John Mele, last year. Mele asked to step back to an assistant principal to spend more time with his family.
By Win Damon |
Haverhill school bus. (WHAV News file photograph.)
While a ransomware attack yesterday is keeping Haverhill public school students in grades 2, 3 and 4 from taking their seats today in classrooms, kindergarten and first graders returned to in-person attendance Monday.
Haverhill School Superintendent Margaret Marotta tells WHAV listeners that responses were overall positive.
“Inside schools, everything went really smooth. The kids were adorable. I was in quite a few schools and the kids were happy to be back. One little boy told me he was just a little bit scared to be back, but he was a lot excited and I think that sums it up for everyone,” she says.