Kane has accepted a job as school superintendent in East Windsor, CT.
Ludlow Superintendent of Schools Theresa Kane is seen in a 2005 interview. The told the School Committee Friday that she will be leaving Ludlow for a post in East Windsor, Conn.LUDLOW – Five-year School Superintendent Theresa M. Kane informed the School Committee on Friday that she will leave her job as of July 1 to take a job as superintendent of the East Windsor, Conn., public schools.
Kane accepted the East Windsor superintendent job Thursday night.
Kane, who has one year left on her three-year contract in Ludlow and has spent most of her career in Ludlow said it will be “bittersweet” to leave friends and colleagues in town, but she is anxious to get started in East Windsor. She said she will retire from the Ludlow school superintendent job.
She said the East Windsor school district has “a real sense of community, and wants to get parents involved in the educational process.” She added, “I think the job will be a good fit.”
Kane said she will negotiate her salary in East Windsor next week.
The Ludlow School Committee will meet Tuesday night at 7 to discuss the process of finding a replacement for Kane. Both School Committee Chairman Michael J. Kelliher and School Committee member James P. “Chip” Harrington said the School Committee is likely to advertise for an interim superintendent to supervise the district while it looks for a permanent superintendent.
Kane’s tenure as superintendent has generated controversy in recent years. She recommended reorganizing the school district and abolishing neighborhood schools to reduce costs and improve the school district’s performance on the MCAS tests.
Many parents in the school district turned out at hearings opposing the move which was carried out in spite of the opposition of parents.
Harrington, who is running for reelection this spring, said part of his campaign platform will be to have the school district return to neighborhood schools.
Neighborhood schools result in a more stable environment for children and a more active PTO, Harrington said.
Kane as superintendent also presided over the school district’s moving out of the corrective action category resulting from student performance on the MCAS test, but Harrington said that last year’s state testing resulted in the school district failing to make adequate progress in 11 out of 12 categories.