UPDATED: Scott is One of 3 Finalists for Cambridge Superintendent Post

Editor’s Note: Originally published at 11:38 a.m. on October 13. Updated the final time for Wednesday’s newsletter.

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Framingham Superintendent of Schools Stacy Scott is one of three finalists for the superintendent position in the City of Cambridge.

Scott has been with the Framingham Public Schools since 2012. He was recently awarded a new contract with Framingham.

The Cambridge School Committee announced the named of the three finalists on Tuesday, Oct. 13.

The other two finalists are:

• Dr. Sergio M. Paez, who is a consultant to the Holyoke Public Schools, where he formerly led the district as Superintendent, appointed in 2013. Paez was previously Assistant Superintendent and English Language Learners Director for the Worcester Public Schools, and Language Acquisitions Director for the Leominster Public Schools.
  
• Dr. Kenneth N. Salim, who has been the superintendent of the Weymouth Public Schools since 2012.
  

The bio for Scott released by the Cambridge School Committee is as follows:

Dr. Stacy L. Scott is Superintendent of the Framingham Public Schools, having joined that district in 2012 following his previous appointment of Superintendent of the Dracut Public Schools. Dr. Scott was formerly Associate Superintendent for the Office of Shared Accountability at the Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland, Founder and President of the Center for Understanding Equity in Boston and Co-Founder, and Principal of ExecResults Consulting in Westford. He also served as Director of Diversity at the Park School, taught Math and Spanish at the Noble and Greenough School, and has practiced as a Clinical Psychologist. Dr. Scott holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Government from Harvard-Radcliffe, and Master’s and Doctorate degrees in Counseling and Consulting Psychology from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Dr. Scott’s recent presentations include Making Equity Work, Five Steps in Changing School Culture, and Accountability in Action.

On Tuesday, just after 1:30 p.m., Framingham Assistant Superintendent of Schools Frank Tiano’s office issued a press release from both Framingham School Committee Chair Beverly Hugo and Scott on him being selected as a finalist.

“You should know that Framingham Public Schools is dear to me, both personally and professionally, and while I am confident that FPS can continue to thrive, I have mixed emotions about the idea of leaving our school district,” said Scott. “My tenure as superintendent at Framingham has been deeply rewarding.”

Read Scott’s full statement here.

“We are very proud that Dr. Scott has been designated as a finalist for the position of superintendent for one of the most prestigious school districts, Cambridge, MA. We wish him all the best of luck as he proceeds in this selection process,” said Hugo. “When we hired Dr. Scott as our superintendent a little over three years ago, we were seeking a superintendent to take over a school system that was challenged by inconsistent achievement and insufficient funding. We hired someone we perceived as an educational visionary who would bring fresh ideas and the most up-to-date educational methodology to our system. What we got from Dr. Scott was all of that and so much more.”

Read Hugo’s full statement here.

A Town Hall Community Forum will be held on Thursday, Oct. 15, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Fitzgerald Auditorium at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School where members of the public may meet the finalists, to be followed by public interviews of the finalists by the full School Committee on Oct. 16 during a special meeting.

The Framingham School Committee hired Tiano as assistant superintendent earlier this summer.

Sonia Diaz serves as the district’s chief academic officer and Ed Gotart is the district’s chief operating officer.

Tiano and Diaz were both colleagues of Scott’s before joining the public school district.

The Framingham School Committee is next scheduled to meet on Monday, Oct. 19.