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Assistant superintendent announces retirement; committee plans replacement search with timeline
Summary
Paul Rosario, the district's assistant superintendent for administration and finance, told the committee he plans to retire in November 2025 after 17 years; staff outlined a search timeline with a goal to conclude mid-May so a successor can begin in summer and overlap for training.
The Wilmington School Committee heard Feb. 26 that Paul Rosario, the district's assistant superintendent for administration and finance, plans to retire in November 2025 after 17 years with the district. The superintendent described Rosario as a long-serving finance leader and said his notice gives the district time to run a deliberate search and provide overlap to transfer institutional knowledge.
Search timeline and scope: Superintendent Dr. Brand said a posting for Rosario's successor will go out at the end of the week and that the district aims to conclude the search by mid-May so the successor can begin in the summer (July or early August) and work alongside Rosario before his departure in November. The superintendent said the position is one of several appointments that the school committee must make and that the committee will be asked to appoint the successor at the search's conclusion.
Committee participation: Dr. Brand asked whether one or two school committee members would volunteer to serve on the search committee; several members expressed interest in learning more about time commitments before committing. Dr. Brand said the search would be structured to limit members' meeting demands where possible and estimated the search committee's work could involve two primary dates of interviews, each of a few hours, but timing would depend on candidate volume.
Why it matters: The assistant superintendent for administration and finance oversees budgeting and long-term financial planning; committee members praised Rosario's long-term stewardship of district finances and said his planned departure creates a priority to find a successor with both technical finance skills and the capacity to work with town leaders and other stakeholders.
Next steps: Staff will post the job and return proposed search committee dates and a candidate timeline to the committee. Members were asked to indicate volunteer interest for the search committee; staff will circulate likely dates to assist member decisions.
No formal appointment of a search committee member was made at the meeting; members who expressed early interest were told staff will follow up with scheduling details.
