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Stoneham superintendent highlights fiscal experience, school safety policy changes in Uxbridge interview
Summary
In an interview with the Uxbridge School Committee, candidate Dave Youngberg described his Stoneham superintendent experience, recounted a high-school project cost overrun and subsequent policy changes on community notification, and emphasized data-driven budgeting, contract bargaining strategies, and early-literacy investment.
Dave Youngberg, the current superintendent of Stoneham Public Schools, told the Uxbridge School Committee he is seeking a long-term superintendent post in a smaller district and emphasized fiscal planning, community engagement and student-focused decision-making.
Youngberg said a major test of his leadership came when a Stoneham high-school construction project rose in cost from $189,000,000 to $218,000,000. He described value-engineering decisions that included removing planned district offices from the project to reduce costs (about $2.25 million saved) and later renting interim office space. Separately, Youngberg recounted a safety incident in…
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