Article: School districts across area face vacancies Stress taking toll on superintendents

More than a quarter of the school superintendents in the West Weekly circulation area are leaving their posts this year, a regional reflection of the high turnover statewide in local education leadership jobs.

Among 29 school districts in the area, superintendents in Waltham, Natick, Medfield, Millis, Needham and the Assabet Valley vocational school in Marlborough are retiring this year. The Sudbury superintendent is leaving the district, as is Wellesley Superintendent of Schools Karla DeLetis.

Since January, 35 of the state's 275 school superintendents have announced their resignations, according to the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents. Last year, there was a 20 ...

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