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Two Central Mass. educators on school district's short list.


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TEMPLETON - Two Central Massachusetts Massachusetts (măsəch`sĭts), most populous of the New England states of the NE United States.  educators are among the four finalists to replace Stephen R. Hemman when he retires this summer as superintendent of schools for the Narragansett Regional School District.

Mr. Hemman announced in August he would retire at the end of this school year after eight years as Narragansett superintendent and 38 years in education.

The finalists include Delma L. Josephson, assistant superintendent Assistant Superintendent, or Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), was a rank used by police forces in the British Empire. It was usually the lowest rank that could be held by a European officer, most of whom joined the police at this rank.  of schools for the Narragansett Regional School District; Roseli S. Weiss, director of curriculum and instruction for the Southbridge School Department; Paul Schlichtman, research and testing coordinator for the Lowell School Department, and James F. Connolly, principal of Hampshire Regional High School Hampshire Regional High School is a regional secondary school in western Massachusetts for students in grades 7–12. The school has approximately 1000 students from the towns of Southampton, Westhampton, Williamsburg, Goshen, and Chesterfield. Dr.  in Westhampton.

All four candidates are, or have recently been, candidates for other superintendent jobs.

Ms. Weiss, an administrator in Southbridge since 2001, and Mr. Schlichtman, employed by the Lowell School District since 2001, are also among three finalists for superintendent of the Berlin-Boylston Regional School District The Berlin-Boylston Regional School District consists of one school serving grades 7-12: Tahanto Regional Middle/High School. The school is physically situated in Boylston, Massachusetts, adjacent to the Wachusett Reservoir. . A decision on that job is expected in March.

Ms. Josephson, who has been assistant superintendent in the Narragansett District for three years, was a semifinalist sem·i·fi·nal  
n.
1. A match, competition, or examination that precedes the final one.

2. One of the two competitions of the next to the last round in an elimination tournament.
 for the superintendent's job in the Dover-Sherborn Regional School District in Dover, losing out in January to Valarie Spriggs, superintendent of the Southern Berkshire Regional School District.

Mr. Connolly, principal of Hampshire Regional since 2003, is a finalist for superintendent of schools for the Rockport School Rockport School is an independent fee-paying preparatory school with a pre-preparatory department situated on the shore of Belfast Lough in Craigavad, a village in County Down, Northern Ireland between Belfast and Bangor.  Department. A decision on that job is expected Feb. 27.

The candidates for the Narragansett job were selected from among 18 applicants and nine semifinalists.

Before voting on the new superintendent, members of the Narragansett Regional School Committee are expected to visit the various districts represented by the finalists in February and conduct final interviews in March.
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