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Superintendent's Update (5 minutes)

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(ID # 6014) Announcements - Superintendent Superintendent's Update (5 minutes)

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▶ 20:34 Margaret Raymond Driscoll: close public comment made by mr o'connell seconded by ms casatelli discussion all in favor opposed that motion carries unanimously next on our agenda is the announcements of the superintendent of

▶ 20:49 Speaker 2: schools thank you mr driscoll a couple of things one item is in your packet but one thing i just want to thank my administrators many of whom are here tonight and we were out together last night we had an opportunity to go into boston to have a dinner and meeting with our metco parents our metco director Doreen Ward had arranged it we had a great great turnout it was a very productive night we practiced community circles just like our teachers and students are doing in school and we really enjoyed the evening and are hoping to repeat the event so thank you to to my administrators who who are out a second night in the row in your packet you have a memo from me regarding the Hoover Elementary School principal search with a proposed timeline and a search committee composition this reflects the same process we have used for several years now there is no deviation from that process and this is merely informational for the committee as this is a function of these superintendents if you have any questions

▶ 22:01 Margaret Raymond Driscoll: I would gladly answer them questions for the superintendent miss McAllister grant

▶ 22:03 Speaker 3: through the chair to the superintendent can you just clarify when it says

▶ 22:11 Speaker 2: participate in site visits sometimes we have that people come to spend the day with us and what will happen is they'll meet with the the parents of the building they'll meet with the teachers the parents they may meet with the administrative team so usually we do that thank you I was just looking to see

▶ 22:31 Speaker 5: if Mr. O'Connell just briefly thank you very very much for doing what you did last night and the administrators as well that's that's an important constituency and I think hugely important for us when it's appropriate to go where they are because all too often it's the other way around so kudos and thank you for that any other questions for the superintendent seeing