No quorum for Webster School Committee; meet principal candidates today at 5 p.m.

Janet Stoica
Patriot Correspondent

After waiting until 7:30pm on Tuesday, April 10, for School Committee members to appear, Chairman Michael Makara, gaveled the meeting to adjournment due to lack of a quorum.

Items on the agenda included the FY 2013 budget and review of finalists for the positions of Webster School Superintendent and Bartlett High School Principal. Superintendent Ciardi provided information regarding the finalists for Superintendent of Schools: Salah Khelfaoui, Asst. Superintendent for Information Services, Arlington,VA, Public Schools; Barbara Malkas, Deputy Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction, Pittsfield, MA, Public Schools; Kimberly Shaver-Hood, Superintendent, Blackstone-Millville, MA, Regional School District; and Norman Yvon, Principal, A.M. Chaffee Elementary School, Oxford, MA, Public Schools.

According to the Webster Public Schools website there are two finalists for Principal of Bartlett High School: Steven Knowlton, Principal of Cranston, RI, West High School and Michael Rubin, Assistant Principal of Dighton-Rehoboth, MA, High School. On Wednesday, April 11, from 5:00-6:45pm at the BHS Library both candidates will be available to meet with parents and community members to hear advice, opinions, and to answer questions.

School Committee members present were Joan Czechowski and Michael Makara.  Absent members were Ted Geotis, Shawn Collins, and Craig McNulty. Also in attendance were Greg Ciardi, Superintendent of Schools; Ted Avlas, assistant to Superintendent; Marilyn Bisbicos, Director of Student Support Services; Jennifer Lundwell, Middle School Principal; Carolyn Wallace, Park Ave. Elementary School Principal; Andrew Kelley, Director of Curriculum, and Tori McIntyre, student representative

The next School Committee meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24.