Tewksbury committee votes to post internal superintendent opening, approves $195K–$205K range
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Summary
The committee authorized the chair to post an internal-only superintendent vacancy with a proposed salary range of $195,000–$205,000 and set a tight posting window (Feb. 6–20) and screening timeline aimed at enabling public interviews in early March if candidates advance.
After the budget workshop the committee reconvened for its regular meeting and focused on the superintendent search. Chair summarized stakeholder outreach (surveys, Mentimeter listening sessions and meetings with staff, union leaders and municipal partners) and described a draft leadership profile informed by that feedback. The chair said the current superintendent, Brenda Terry Regan, will retire at the end of the school year.
Committee members discussed candidate standards for instructional leadership, special-education implementation, fiscal experience and community collaboration. Several members urged giving internal candidates first consideration to build bench strength and simplify comparisons between internal and external applicants.
A committee member moved to allow the chair to work with legal counsel to post an internal superintendent position and to proceed with an internal job posting; the motion was seconded and approved by the committee. The chair said the posting should be live by the end of next week if possible.
The committee then proposed and approved a salary range for the internal posting: $195,000 to $205,000. "I would like to make a motion to proceed with a proposed salary of 195,000 to 205,000 on the internal job search," a committee member said; after a second the committee voted in favor.
Timeline adopted: the committee set an internal posting window roughly Feb. 6–20, with screening of applicants the week of Feb. 23 and public interviews by the school committee in early March if candidates advance. The chair and members agreed that if the internal search does not produce a suitable candidate, the committee has time under the proposed timeline to cast a wider external net or appoint an interim.
Where it stands: the committee authorized the internal posting and salary range and set screening and interview scheduling. The district will prepare the job posting with legal counsel and circulate application materials to the working group and volunteers for screening.