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School Committee Agenda: A Visit from Norfolk County DA and Introduction of Wheelock Principal

The Medfield School Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the TV Production classroom of the high school.

Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey is expected to visit the Medfield School Committee at Monday's meeting for a presentation.

After Morrissey's presentation, Superintendent of Schools Bob Maguire is expected to introduce Donna Olson, the new principal at the Ralph Wheelock School to the committee.

Maguire announced at the March 5 School Committee meeting the hiring of Olson, the current principal at Raymond C. LaPerche Elementary School in Smithfield, R.I.

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“She’s excited and ready to go,” Maguire told the committee at its March 5 meeting.

Maguire said Olson was chosen from a field of about 40 applicants after he and members of his principal search team met with her in Smithfield, R.I. just before February break.

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“The [principal search] committee felt very good about her and the folks at my level involved in the process that I conducted really loved her,” Maguire said. “I visited the district with a team of people and we really feel good about [the hiring].”

The Student Advisory Council is also expected to update the committee on the happenings at Medfield High School. The committee will also hear an update on the fiscal year 2012 budget and discuss the proposed school committee meeting dates for 2012-2013.

Monday's School Committee meeting is expected to begin at 7:30 p.m. and will be broadcast live on Medfield.TV.


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