December 20, 2024
Dear North Reading Public Schools Community,
I’m very pleased to provide this update to everyone with respect to our search for the next North Reading High School Principal. We interviewed nine excellent candidates and have narrowed our search to the following four finalists:
BarriAnn Alonzo, Assistant Principal, North Reading High School
Caitlin Brown, Dean of Students, Newton South High School
Matthew LeVangie, Assistant Principal, Littleton Middle School
Miriam Meyer, Assistant Principal, Ayer Shirley High School
Additional information about each candidate will be shared ahead of the next phase of our search in early January.
We look forward to the next steps in this process which will include opportunities for students, the leadership team, faculty & staff, and families & community to meet the candidates and ask questions.
Please save the dates of Thursday, January 9, 2025 and Thursday, January 16, 2025 for these important sessions. More detailed information is shared below.
Families and community members who are interested in participating in the process should complete this form no later than January 6, 2025. These moderated sessions will be hybrid and pre-approved questions will be asked both in person and virtually of each candidate. Please save the dates and times below.(Faculty/Staff who are unable to attend the afternoon sessions are welcome to join the evening sessions.)
Participants are strongly encouraged to attend sessions with all four candidates and to provide feedback to the Superintendent in the following days through a format that will be shared at that time.
Tentative Schedule for January 9th and January 16th, 2025
Additionally, the Superintendent and other members of the administrative council will visit the candidates’ schools for a site visit in January before the Superintendent selects the finalist.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to our interview committee members who represented various stakeholders in our school community and provided so much of their valuable time, careful consideration, and feedback to guide me in selecting our finalists.
Mark Bisognano North Reading High School Paraprofessional
Cynthia Conant Director of Student Services
Patrick Daly Superintendent
Elena DeAngelis North Reading Public Schools Parent
Jeff Friedman North Reading School Committee
Andrea Gagnon North Reading High School Educator
Cathy O’Connell North Reading Middle School Principal
Ben Owens North Reading High School Educator
Ali Pepe North Reading High School Educator
Jacqueline Rogers North Reading High School Adjustment Counselor
Karen Tsang North Reading High School Administrative Assistant
Jonathan Wisco North Reading Public Schools Parent
I would also like to thank our student greeters, Benjamin Russell, Sofia Saldanha, and Shenaya Verma and our Administrator of Human Resources, Morgan Soares, for their assistance and input with the interview process.
Please let me know if you have any questions and have a wonderful holiday season!
Sincerely yours,
Patrick C. Daly, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools
