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Marlborough committee approves District Education Center reorganization and new executive director job descriptions
Summary
The School Committee approved a reorganization that flattens central office, splits student services into multiple executive director roles, creates a deputy superintendent position overseeing teaching and learning, and approved seven new or revised job descriptions; district leaders said changes fit within the FY27 approved budget.
The Marlborough School Committee on June 23 approved a reorganization of the district’s central office (the District Education Center) and a set of new job descriptions meant to tighten departmental focus and speed support to schools.
During the superintendent’s report, staff described a move from multiple assistant superintendent roles to a structure with a deputy superintendent overseeing the Office of Teaching and Learning and several executive directors responsible for discrete divisions, including student management systems, special education, and clinical services. The superintendent explained the reorganization is intended to "flatten the operation, and create smaller, tighter departments with fewer individuals, with managers who are also doing the work," and said the positions were reconfigured from existing roles and fit within the district’s FY27 approved budget.
The committee approved job descriptions in a single motion that covered: executive director of special education; executive director of English learner services (PK–12); executive director of teaching and learning (PK–12); executive director of student management systems; executive director of clinical services; director of educational pathways; and director of the PAWS Academy. The motion passed by roll call.
Superintendent’s office staff said the reorganization seeks to reduce silos and improve response time to school needs by placing more direct supports (for example, intervention coordinators and EL coordinators) closer to school teams. They cited attendance work as an example of responsibilities intentionally shared across new divisions to maintain cross‑department collaboration.
The committee also formally approved the centralized reorganization later on the agenda in a separate roll call vote.
What’s next: Implementation of the reorganization will begin to the extent of internal staffing changes; staff will map specific reporting lines and report back to the committee on implementation and any budgetary effects.
