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Committee contracts firm to provide interim leadership for Greenfield schools PROIETTI Related stories parents want info about Greenfield schools’ leadership GREENFIELD The School Committee has agreed to terms with The Management Solution Inc. for extended services, so it won’t only provide the district with its business manager, but also a lead administrator and two superintendent-licensed consultants until Superintendent Jordana Harper can return to her duties. Dr. Judy Houle will be the Greenfield School Department’s lead administrator, managing the day-to-day operations at the superintendent level, while Nadine Ekstrom and Allen Himmelberger will serve as consultants. School Committee Chair Amy Proietti said the agreement is on a month-to-month basis. It will end when Harper who hasn’t been “actively working” for about a month returns to duty. Until then, the new arrangement will cost about $10,000 a month. ....
Committee to mull options for reopening Greenfield schools PROIETTI Published: 2/11/2021 6:31:19 PM GREENFIELD After receiving a petition signed by more than 500 people, the School Committee announced at its regular meeting Wednesday that it will begin looking at options for reopening schools to all students. The committee received the petition earlier this week, which included signatures from parents, educators and others who want to see children return to in-person learning by April 26. “I appreciate the folks who are asking for us to move to an in-person model by late April,” School Committee Chair Amy Proietti said. “It’s very important to get students back into school.” ....
Union has concerns about leadership with Greenfield superintendent out GOODWIN Published: 2/8/2021 6:33:45 PM GREENFIELD The Greenfield Education Association has sent a letter to the School Committee asking why it hasn’t been informed about Superintendent Jordana Harper’s recent “extended leave of absence” and who is in charge while she’s out. “In this time of so much change and uncertainty in public education, it is more important than ever to have strong leadership and a clear chain of command within our schools,” the letter to the School Committee reads. “It has recently come to our attention that Superintendent Harper is on an extended leave of absence, yet there has been no information provided to staff, parents or community members about this and, more importantly, who is acting as superintendent in her absence.” ....
Greenfield Superintendent Search Committee seeking members WALL Related stories GREENFIELD School Committee member Jean Wall, who will head the Superintendent Search Committee, has begun accepting letters of interest from parents, teachers, principals, union members, school administrators, business leaders, city councilors and anyone else who would like to help choose the Greenfield School Department’s next superintendent. “Schools affect everyone in the community, so we’d like the group of people we choose to be diverse,” Wall said. “The committee will most likely have 10 to 13 members. That’s the ideal size. The search committee will be working very closely, collaborating with the School Committee.” ....
GREENFIELD The search is on for a new school superintendent in Greenfield, with School Committee member Jean Wall heading up a search committee. Superintendent Jordana Harper notified the School Committee in mid-September that she will not be. ....