Walpole school leaders hope to find new Boyden principal over summer

School leaders hope a new principal will be in place at Boyden School come fall with an aggressive summer search.

Superintendent Lincoln Lynch outlined a timeline for the School Committee last Thursday to find a replacement for Mike Stanton, who is leaving Boyden to be principal of the Igo School in Foxboro.

Lynch hopes to name a new south school chief by July 27.

Hopefully we can negotiate it if we have the candidate of our choosing so the person hits the ground running, he said.

Stanton resigned from the district at the end of May and finished out the academic year with Boyden School. He promised to help his replacement transition into the new job even after his departure.

Nancy Gallivan, the newly installd chairman of the School Committee, said she was sad to see Stanton leave but understood his decision.

Weve been extremely well-served by Mike Stanton and he deserves our best wishes because hes given an awful lot and done very good things for our children, she said.

All Boyden parents are invited to a focus group on Wednesday, June 27 to talk about the qualities they want in a new principal. The meeting is set for 7 p.m. in Boyden Schools media lab.

A selection recommendation committee led by former School Committee chairman Brian Walsh will conduct interviews on July 10 and 11 to recommend one or two candidates to Lynch, who will make the final call.

With a short window during summer vacation, no site visits will be held since school is not in session. School Committee member Allan Cameron, an elementary principal in Westwood, made the suggestion.

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