Boston Globe: In new podcast series, former and current Boston school superintendents reflect on the role — and what the district needs in its next leader
Boston Globe by Adria Watson — May 20, 2022
BOSTON, Mass. — Six former and current Boston Public Schools superintendents have all grappled with similar issues: longstanding structural problems in BPS, needing a reliable transportation system, and communication around hard decisions being made in the district.
Those are a few of the themes that emerged during interviews with the education leaders in a new limited podcast series that follows BPS’s search for a new superintendent.
The series, “Last Night at School Committee: The Search for A New Boston Superintendent,” was launched this month by the Shah Family Foundation and consists of in-depth conversations with community members, as well as former superintendents Michael Contompasis, Carol Johnson, John McDonough, Tommy Chang, Laura Perille, and outgoing Superintendent Brenda Cassellius…