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Date: 11/15/2022
NORTHAMPTON – During their Nov. 10 meeting, the Northampton School Committee officially established their superintendent search subcommittee to officially help with the process of finding a permanent superintendent.
During an Oct. 13 meeting, the school committee elected the Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC) as the firm responsible for assisting the committee on finding a permanent superintendent for the following school year.
At-Large member Aline LaBorwit-Davis, Ward 2 member Holly Ghazey and Ward 6 member Margaret Miller are tasked with working on the search process under the Ad Hoc Superintendent Search Committee. After researching three national firms, the trio landed on MASC as the best choice.
“We really did not find that any of the national search companies provided us with anything more than what the MASC proposal would offer us at much, much lower rate,” said Miller. “I really felt strongly that the MASC proposal offered as extensive a search as the others.”
According to Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra, the committee had to make the committee a formality so they could officially begin working with MASC on the search.
“The subcommittee works hand-in-hand with MASC in getting out the advertisements, the postings, [and] reviewing the matches that come in,” said Ghazey.
Currently, Jannell Pearson-Campbell is the acting superintendent of the Northampton school district after Howard Eberwein III declined the committee’s initial offer to elect him as the interim. She began her journey in education 22 years ago and has worked as a classroom teacher, principal and assistant director of education. She told the committee during her interview for the position that she has a technical background to move the district forward and stated that her skill set involves working with students on literacy and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). Her current term is for up to one year, unless the committee decides to extend that timeline.
As the committee continues their search for candidates, Pearson-Campbell can decide in the future if she would like to apply.