Overview
We want to offer our sincere appreciation to the following organizations and individuals that provided information, sat for interviews, and generally shared their views on the challenges and opportunities for education of our foster children in Massachusetts. These organizations and individuals, along with their staffs and community advocates, provided significant information that we used in this report.
The Honorable Joan Lovely, State Senator
The Honorable Kay Khan, State Representative
The Honorable Paul Donato, State Representative
The Honorable Thomas Walsh, State Representative
Lisa Rosenfeld, Counsel, Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
Jeff Wulfson, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Jay Sullivan, Associate Commissioner, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Rob O’Donnell, Director of School Finance, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Josh Varon, Counsel, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Tom Moreau, Assistant Secretary of Policy and Planning, Executive Office of Education
Linda Spears, Commissioner, Department of Children and Families
Andrew Rome, General Counsel, Department of Children and Families
Shirley Fan-Chan, Education Coordinator, Department of Children and Families
Mary Bourque, Superintendent, Chelsea Public Schools
Linda Breau, Deputy Superintendent, Chelsea Public Schools
Gerald McCue, Executive Director, Administration and Finance (retired), Chelsea Public Schools
Kathleen Smith, Superintendent, Brockton Public Schools
June Saba-Maguire, Chief Academic Officer, Brockton Public Schools
Aldo Petronio, Finance Director, Brockton Public Schools
Karen McCarthy, Foster Care Point-of-Contact, Brockton Public Schools
Darryll McCall, Superintendent, Wachusett Regional School District
Kim Merrick, Superintendent, Lenox Public Schools (formerly Wachusett RSD)
Andre Ravenelle, Superintendent (retired), Fitchburg Public Schools
Robert Jokela, Interim Superintendent, Fitchburg Public Schools
Paula Giaquinto, Assistant Superintendent, Fitchburg Public Schools
Jordana Harper, Superintendent, Greenfield Public Schools
Eric Conti, Superintendent, Burlington Public Schools and President of Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents
Tom Scott, Executive Director, Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents and the Executive Board of MASS
Lourdes Soto, Ph.D., Senior Administrator of the Student Assignment Services, Springfield Public Schools
Jeffrey Welch, Senior Administrator of the Parent & Community Engagement Center Operations and Programs, Springfield Public Schools
Glenn Koocher, Executive Director, Massachusetts Association of School Committees
Steve Finnegan, General Counsel, Massachusetts Association of School Committees
Barbara Ripa, Executive Director, Massachusetts Association of Regional Schools
Colin Jones, Senior Policy Analyst, Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center
Jessica Berry, Deputy Director, Children’s Law Center of Massachusetts
Amy Karp, Training Director, Commonwealth of Massachusetts CPCS Children and Family Law Program
Marlies Spanjaard, Director of Education Advocacy, EdLaw Project
SEIU Local 509 DCF Chapter President Adriana Zwick; DCF Regional VPs Khrystian King, Ethel Everett, and Marianne Walles; and SEIU Local 509 Deputy Legislative Director Bridget Quinn
| Date published: | April 23, 2019 |
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