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Residents ask Holliston School Committee to add DEI‑focused reviewer to superintendent screening team
Summary
Community members and advocacy group Diverse Holliston urged the committee to add at least one screening‑team member whose sole focus is evaluating superintendent candidates through a diversity, equity and inclusion lens. The committee said DEI staff and extensive community input are already part of the process and authorized chair to publish finalist bios when available.
Angela Page, representing Diverse Holliston, told the Holliston School Committee during public comment that nearly 100 community members signed a petition asking the district to add at least one screening‑team member whose sole responsibility would be to assess superintendent candidates through a DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) lens.
The petition, read aloud by Page, asked the committee to “strengthen the superintendent's search and long‑term district leadership” by including a member with training, experience or lived expertise in evaluating leadership through an equity lens. Page said the request was meant to improve…
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