Thank you and congratulations to Massachusetts Superintendents who are retiring or have retired over the past year.
🙏 We’re grateful for their service to students, families, and staff in communities across the Commonwealth. We wish them a retirement full of new challenges and adventures, along with some well-deserved rest and reflection!
Visit our website to read more about these district leaders, including quotes about what they will miss most about serving as Superintendent.
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Our Superintendent Spotlight series has earned national recognition!
The profile of Dr. Michael Fitzpatrick earned an Award of Merit for Writing in the National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA) Publications & Digital Media Excellence Awards Program.
Congratulations to Chris Horan, our strategic communications consultant, who created the series, interviews the subjects, and writes the profiles.
Read the profile of Dr. Fitzpatrick: bit.ly/3FLZOls
Explore the Superintendent Spotlight series: bit.ly/3Fw2V11
Today, M.A.S.S. hosted a full-day session, “A Good Start for New Superintendents.”
Twenty-five leaders who have been hired for their first Superintendent position gathered in Marlborough to learn key strategies related to effective working relationships, communication, legal issues, finance, and other critical topics, as well as the additional training and support opportunities available through M.A.S.S.
Thank you to all of the presenters, panelists, and participants. Congratulations and good luck to all of the new Superintendents who are taking on these important roles in our school districts!
🏆 M.A.S.S. recently presented the 2026 Distinguished Service Award to organizations that founded and manage the statewide “Addressing Hate in School & Sport” initiative:
- Office of Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell
- Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)
- Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA)
- Massachusetts School Administrators Association (MSAA)
- Northeastern University Center for the Study of Sport in Society
🏈 The initiative has helped districts respond thoughtfully and proactively to incidents of hate and bias while fostering healthier, more inclusive school and athletic cultures. Since 2021, students and adults from 160 school districts have participated in local and regional training programs across the Commonwealth.
📸 Pictured, left to right: Karen Crebase, M.A.S.S. President; Mary Bourque, M.A.S.S. Executive Director; Rachelle Engler Bennett, Associate Commissioner, Massachusetts DESE; Liza Hirsch, Director of the Children’s Justice Unit, Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office; Bob Baldwin, Executive Director, MIAA & MSAA; Tom Scott, M.A.S.S. Director of Finance and Member Services.
➡️ Read more: bit.ly/43LDzVq
💐 Thank you to all who participated in our President’s Spring Meeting!
🎤 We were energized and inspired by the keynote address from Joe Sanfelippo.
🫱🏼🫲🏻 We’re grateful to Superintendents who shared their experiences from the first cohort of the M.A.S.S. Superintendent Support Network (MSSN).
🏅 Congratulations to Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents honored for 10, 15, and 20 years of service.
👏🏼 And congratulations to outgoing M.A.S.S. President Karen Crebase, Superintendent of Hopedale Public Schools; incoming M.A.S.S. President Aaron Polansky, Superintendent-Director of Old Colony Regional Technical High School; and all new and returning members of the Executive Committee.
📸: Lifetouch