By Dan Rizzo, Candidate for Mayor We need to realign the Revere High School curriculum and prioritize space in our proposed new high school for both academic as well as career and vocational technical education programs. Massachusetts has more than two-dozen vocational technical public schools serving 38,282 students, but these schools have far too few
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A former teacher, principal, special education director and baseball coach is the new superintendent-director at Norfolk County Agricultural High School.
John Martin will replace the outgoing Tammy Quinn at the school.
The board of trustees interviewed finalists Martin and Robert Gerardi Jr. for the position at county-run Aggie, one of the few agricultural schools in the state on April 14 before unanimously voting for Martin Tuesday, May 4.
Martin, born and raised in Berkshire County where he spent summers and school vacations working on his aunt s farm, has been an educator for more than 30 years. He has experience as a high school English and history teacher, vice principal, middle school principal, assistant superintendent of curriculum, instruction and professional development; and most recently served as the director of special education at Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School.
Mary Ellen Gambon
Special to the Journal & Sun
Two finalists were interviewed April 14 to replace outgoing Norfolk County Agricultural High School Superintendent Tammy Quinn.
School officials interviewed John Martin and Robert Gerardi Jr. for the position at county-run Aggie, one of the few agricultural schools in the state.
The superintendent s office has not returned calls to say if it has made a final decision on a new super.
The school, known as an institution where students who fall behind in a traditional school setting can flourish, has faced a series of challenges this year that the new leader will have to tackle: the ramifications of COVID-19; the February vote of no confidence in its board of trustees by its teachers union; and concerns about the installation of a solar array by Kearsage Energy, LLC on school land that has been used to grow hay to feed farm animals.