Gazda is principal at Gateway Regional Middle School in Huntington Roy is curriculum director for the Ludlow public schools.
Todd Gazda, left, and Diana Roy are the finalists to become superintendent of schools in Ludlow.LUDLOW – The School Committee has announced two finalists for school superintendent.
They are Todd Gazda, principal at Gateway Regional Middle School in Huntington, and Diana Roy, curriculum director for the Ludlow public schools.
Roy has been with the school system for 34 years and has served as an English teacher and curriculum instructional leader at Baird Middle School. She also served as acting school superintendent after Kenneth J. Grew stepped down from the job.
The two finalists will be interviewed by the School Committee Feb. 28 and 29 at 6 p.m. Both interviews are scheduled to be 75-minute sessions.
“These are both very good applicants,” School Committee Chairman Michael J. Kelliher said.
He said they were unanimously recommended by a Superintendent Search Committee appointed by the School Committee.
Serving on the Superintendent Search Committee were Selectman William Rooney, Brian Bylicki, James Cokkinias, Grace Dolan, Toni-Marie Mancuso, Karen Mowry and Brandon Nowakowski, a student at Ludlow High School. Also, Susan Pease, Irene Pereira, Pedro Pereira, Sheryl Stanton, Deborah Stephenson and Claire Thompson served on the committee.
Kelliher said there is a chance the School Committee will vote on Feb. 29 to appoint a new superintendent. He said he would like to fill the position as soon as possible.
Donna Hogan, retired principal of Baird Middle School, currently is serving as interim superintendent.
Grew, a retired school superintendent, served as interim school superintendent for four months after Theresa Kane resigned, but resigned suddenly on the advice of his doctor.
A Superintendent Search Committee was appointed last November by the School Committee with the goal of bringing a permanent superintendent on board by July. The superintendent position has been advertised to pay between $130,000 and $150,000, with negotiable benefits and a three-year contract.