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Suzanne Federspiel highlights classroom focus, racial justice and community engagement in her re-election bid

Brookline Public Schools · April 23, 2026
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Summary

In a local interview, Suzanne Federspiel — a school committee member since 2017 and former educator and elementary principal — described priorities including smaller class sizes, teacher development, social‑emotional supports, racial justice work and restoring communications and data positions cut in the last budget.

Suzanne Federspiel, a member of the Brookline School Committee since 2017 and a candidate for re‑election, described her experience and priorities in an interview on Brookline Interactive Group.

Federspiel said her professional background includes work as a speech‑language pathologist, special education teacher, literacy coach and a principal at an elementary school in Boston. "Public school teaching and education is my passion," she said, adding that she brings institutional history and mentoring experience as the committee's longest‑serving current member.

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