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School committee backs reorganization to prioritize elementary literacy and shift HR to business office

Winchester School Committee · December 19, 2025
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Summary

The committee voted unanimously to support Superintendent Hackett's draft central-office reorganization, which retitles the assistant superintendent role to focus on elementary education, moves HR responsibilities to the business office under a finance & HR manager, repurposes an existing FTE, and creates a pre-K'12 data-analysis coordinator role.

The Winchester School Committee on Aug. 8 unanimously supported a central-office reorganization proposed by Superintendent Dr. Frank Hackett intended to free capacity for elementary-literacy work and improve district operations.

The plan removes personnel/HR duties from the current assistant superintendent position to make that role principally the assistant superintendent for elementary education and shifts HR responsibilities into the business office under Michelle Kingdon, whose position will be restructured…

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