The Worcester School Committee voted to make the Deputy Superintendent Brian Allen the next superintendent of Worcester public schools during the meeting Thursday night.
The measure of the Committee to turn Allen into the replacement of the current Superintendent Rachel Monárrez means that the second largest school district of Massachusetts will not go through a superintendent selection process and will need a provisional superintendent.
“I really think this vote is about the welfare of the district,” Joseph Petty, mayor and chairman of the Worcester School Committee, said during the meeting. “… If we really believe in the work that the superintendent has done, we need someone who has been involved in the conformation of the school district for the past three years.”
Allen will take over the post of Superintendent on July 1: the date on which Monárrez has said he will make it Vacar. You will have to negotiate a contract with the School Committee earlier.
Monárrez announced his resignation On April 17, after turning three years as superintendent of Worcester. Since then, the Incoming Superintendent of the Unified School District of Orange has been named in southern California.
Allen is a southern graduate working for Worcester public schools since 1996, According to the Telegram and the Gacet. He previously worked on several roles throughout the district, including as a business manager and as a financial manager.
“He knows this district inside and out. He is committed. He is a constant leader and has a deep institutional knowledge,” Petty said about Allen during the meeting. “His experience with public education and municipal budgets: no one is better than him. In uncertain moments, who would be better than he in very difficult times?”
Only a member of the School Committee – Dianna Biancharia – publicly stated reserves on the name of Allen in the nearby district superintendent so quickly.
“Everyone looks at how to move things quite quickly. I think residents would like them to do at least one internal search,” he said during the meeting. “I feel like we move a little faster than we should give the process time.”
Ultimately, Bianchery’s motions on an internal search were defeated from 8 to 1.