Principal Search Update

 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.

Here is the schedule for the interviews with our finalists:

January 9th Matthew LeVangie, Assistant Principal, Littleton Middle School		January 9th Caitlin Brown, Dean of Students, Newton South High School
12 pm- 12:30 pm	Meet with Administrative Council	1:12pm - 1:38 pm	Meet with Students
12:36 pm - 1:02 pm	Meet with Students	1:45 pm - 2:15 pm	Meet with Administrative Council
3:15 pm - 3: 45pm	Meet Faculty/Staff	4:00 pm - 4:30 pm	Meet Faculty/Staff
6:00 pm - 6:45 pm	Meet Families/ Community	7:00 pm - 7:45 pm	Meet Families/ Community

January 16th  Miriam Meyer, Assistant Principal, Ayer Shirley High School		January 16th  BarriAnn Alonzo, Assistant Principal, North Reading High School
12 pm- 12:30 pm	Meet with Administrative Council	1:12pm - 1:38 pm	Meet with Students
12:36 pm - 1:02 pm	Meet with Students	1:45 pm - 2:15 pm	Meet with Administrative Council
3:15 pm - 3: 45pm	Meet Faculty/Staff	4:00 pm - 4:30 pm	Meet Faculty/Staff
6:00 pm - 6:45 pm	Meet Families/ Community	7:00 pm - 7:45 pm	Meet Families/ Community

Parents, families, caregivers, and community members who are interested in participating in the finalist panels should save the dates of Thursday, January 9, 2025 and Thursday, January 16, 2025 from 6pm to 8pm for these important sessions and complete this form no later than January 6, 2025. These moderated sessions will be hybrid and pre-approved questions may be asked both in person and virtually of each candidate. The family/community sessions will be held in the library/media center of North Reading Middle/High School.

About the Finalists:

BarriAnn Alonzo has been the assistant principal of North Reading high school since July of 2022. Her prior experience includes more than a decade as an assistant principal in the Lawrence public schools and twelve years as a world languages teacher of grades 7-12 and varsity coach. 

Caitlin Brown currently serves as the dean of students at Newton South high school. Her prior administrative experience includes serving as the principal and assistant principal of Andover high school. In addition, she has spent seven years as an athletic director and classroom educator 9-12.

Matthew LeVangie began his career as a high school educator before spending over a decade as a middle school special education teacher and interim assistant principal in Framingham, Massachusetts. He has served as the assistant principal of Littleton middle school since 2020 and has coached at the collegiate level.

Miriam Meyer is currently the assistant principal of Ayer Shirley Regional high school, a position she has held since 2018. Prior to that she served as an educational team leader (9-12) in Marlborough, MA, as a special education director (8-12) with the Hudson Public Schools, and as a school psychologist.

Thank you for your continued support of this important process and I look forward to our next steps.

Sincerely yours,

​Dr. Daly