THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2021 Page 5 FINAL | FROM PAGE 1 Public Schools. That would allow about seven weeks for the transition. The competition for DeRuosi’s replacement: Erin McMahon, who is currently advisor to state Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley. Among her duties, she has been guiding the COVID-19 reentry process, making recommendations for health and safety, rapid response and remote learning. McMahon’s other duties include providing practical recommendations to district superintendents on how to plan for different models of learning while monitoring the implementation and the quality of the reopening, tracking lead indicators of wellness/instruction. Her career as an educator took her from an English as a Second Language teacher in Washington, D.C., in 1995 to several principal and teacher administrative posts in New York City and Denver, Colorado. Before Commissioner Riley hired her, she had worked the previous six years as associate chief of academics and innovation in Denver Public Schools. She also served three years as a regional superintendent overseeing 6,200 students in 14 schools. Margo Ferrick, who has been Deputy Superintendent of Southbridge Public Schools since June 2017, a district which serves more than 2,000 students. She spent close to two decades working for Lowell Public Schools – more than 13 years as a social worker at Lowell High School. She was hired at her current position to help turn around one of three chronically underperforming districts that are run by the state. While excelling in her current position, she wants to move on because her boss has no plans of leaving in the near future. Frank Tiano, who is currently the superintendent of Uxbridge Public Schools – a district that serves more than 1,700 students in grades pre-kindergarten through 12. He is looking for what would be his third appointment as a superintendent during the last six years. He had served five years as superintendent of Chelmsford Public Schools before leaving in 2015. That district serves close to 5,000 students. He began a 30-year career as an educator as a grade school teacher in Nashua, N.H. He served as an assistant superintendent in Framingham. Eric Tracy, the lone candidate among finalists who has no previous experience as a President of Pi Beta Phi Sorority. She received her Master of Business Administration, Finance and Operations at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. She also earned a Master of Science degree in Education Leadership from Pace University in New York City. Ferrick earned her Bachelor SUPERINTENDENT CANDIDATE #2: Eric Tracy, the principal of Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School, this week at a “Meet and Greet” forum filmed by SaugusTV. He is scheduled to be interviewed by the full Saugus School Committee via Zoom teleconferencing on Monday (May 3) at 7:30 p.m. SUPERINTENDENT CANDIDATE #1: Frank Tiano, the superintendent of Uxbridge Public Schools, this week at a “Meet and Greet” forum filmed by SaugusTV. He is scheduled to be interviewed by the full Saugus School Committee via Zoom teleconferencing on Monday (May 3) at 6 p.m. (Saugus Advocate photos by Mark E. Vogler). of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst (1991). She earned her master’s degree in Social Work from Boston College (1996). She earned her Doctor of Education in Leadership from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell (2019). Tiano received his Bachelor of Science degree in Management from Bentley College (1989). He received his Master of Arts degree in Teaching (Elementary) from Simmons College (1990). He received his Doctor of Educational Leadership from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell (2006). Tracy earned his bachelor’s degree in Industrial Technology (1991) and a second bachelor’s degree in Education (1992) from Fitchburg State University. He earned his master’s in Education degree in AdminFINAL | SEE PAGE 6 SUPERINTENDENT CANDIDATE #4: Margo Ferrick, Deputy Superintendent of Southbridge Public Schools, this week at a “Meet and Greet” forum filmed by SaugusTV. She is scheduled to be interviewed by the full Saugus School Committee via Zoom teleconferencing on Tuesday (May 4) at 7:30 p.m. school superintendent. But the Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School principal of more than seven years says his experience as an educator over the past three decades qualifies him to lead Saugus Public Schools. He currently manages a school of more than 520 students and 80 faculty and staff members. His previous job was nine years as principal of Wilmington High School, where he managed a facility of 975 students and 90 faculty and staff members. Educational backgrounds of the candidates McMahon earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Yale University in New Haven, Conn. She was a member of the Yale University Women’s Soccer Team and was Vice SUPERINTENDENT CANDIDATE #3: Erin McMahon, senior advisor to state Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley, this week at a “Meet and Greet” forum filmed by SaugusTV. She is scheduled to be interviewed by the full Saugus School Committee via Zoom teleconferencing on Tuesday (May 4) at 6 p.m.
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