On the heels of Superintendent Ben Lummis saying he’ll retire at the end of the school year, the School Committee wants to promote Assistant Superintendent Amy Pasquarello to fill his shoes.
The School Committee held a special meeting Wednesday night to discuss options for a superintendent’s search. The committee then unanimously voted to consider Pasquarello, formerly principal at the defunct East Gloucester Elementary School, to be the schools’ next top educational leader, kicking off a public process to vet her promotion in the coming weeks.
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