The School Committee is scheduled to interview a 2nd candidate, Todd Gazda, principal at Gateway Regional Middle School in Huntington, on Wednesday night.
Diana RoyLUDLOW — The School Committee on Tuesday interviewed Diana Roy for the school superintendent position.
Roy is the curriculum director for the Ludlow public schools and has both principal and superintendent certifications.
She 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.
Roy said she attended Ludlow schools and sent her children to Ludlow schools.
“I know that the teacher in front of the class is the most important factor in student learning,” she told the School Committee. “I know what good teaching looks like.”
Roy said that technology and textbooks are important, but good teaching is more important.
On Wednesday night the School Committee is scheduled to interview a second candidate for the superintendent position – Todd Gazda, principal at Gateway Regional Middle School in Huntington.
School Committee Chairman Michael Kelliher said the School Committee hopes to go ahead with the interview despite the forecast of snow. The School Committee is scheduled to interview Gazda Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Veterans Park Elementary School.
Kelliher said there is a chance the School Committee will vote to appoint the next superintendent following the interview.
The two finalists for the position were unanimously recommended by a Superintendent Search Committee appointed by the School Committee. The superintendent position has been advertised to pay between $130,000 and $150,000, with negotiable benefits and a three-year contract.
Roy said Gazda has experience as a school principal which she does not have. She added that she did superintendent internships under Grew and interim superintendent Donna Hogan.
Roy said that if she is selected as the next superintendent she will represent Ludlow with dignity.
“I know that teachers are hard workers,” she said. She said that if she is chosen as the next superintendent she will expect the same hard work of teachers that she expects of herself.