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Wareham introduces incoming superintendent Amy Hartley Madison
Summary
The Wareham Select Board introduced Dr. Amy Hartley Madison as the district’s incoming superintendent, who will begin July 1 and said she will produce an entry plan and meet community members. School committee chair Jeff Sweatt praised her education background and emphasized the need to address recent performance declines.
The Wareham Select Board on April 21 introduced Dr. Amy Hartley Madison as the town’s incoming superintendent of schools, saying she will officially begin the role on July 1.
Madison told the board she has spent nearly 30 years in education — from classroom teacher to principal and, most recently, assistant superintendent in Randolph — and said she plans to produce an entry plan in July that includes public opportunities to meet parents, students and staff. “I am very proud and honored to be the new superintendent of schools in Wareham,” Madison said.
The board and school committee praised Madison’s experience. Jeff Sweatt, chairman of the school committee, called her “a highly competent educator” and said the district must take decisive action to reverse what he described as a long-term slide in public-school performance. “I feel much more comfortable with this person sitting next to me, helping me and the rest of the school committee try and figure out what it is that is causing the slide,” Sweatt said.
Board members emphasized community ties as a strength. Several members noted Madison’s local connections — she said she lives about seven miles from Wareham and described returning to what she called her neighborhood — and urged her to keep the priorities the community values. Madison said she will be completing a transition plan and an entry plan and invited residents to participate.
The introduction was procedural; no formal hiring vote occurred at the Select Board meeting. The board’s remarks and the school committee’s earlier selection process set the stage for Madison’s July start and for public meetings tied to her entry plan.
