Welcome to the Natick Public School System
2009 - 2010 School Year
Superintendent's Message
Dear Natick Community,
It is always a pleasure to report great news; and today I am delighted to announce that on March 30th the citizens of Natick overwhelmingly voted to build a new Natick High School. On behalf of the students and educators who will have the privilege of teaching and learning in the new building, I thank all of you who supported this important investment in our town. As Superintendent, I greatly appreciated the support of the School Committee, the Board of Selectmen, the Finance Committee, and the High School Building Committee in making the case for this project to the community. This project has been extremely well developed from deciding on a model school, to site selection, to layout design.
Special thanks to NOW for Natick High, an amazing committee of townspeople representing many different demographics - from parents of school aged children to seniors, who put in many hours in order to garner support for the project. A special thanks to the group's co-chairs, Kim Schmid and John Gastaldo for their devoted leadership. Major gratitude to State Representative David Linsky for his tireless work promoting this project not only in Natick but for helping us navigate the political process of the Massachusetts School Building Authority. I am also grateful for the skillful work of Scott Dunlap and Jim Jordan, architects from Ai3, who worked long hours under tight deadlines to create what I believe is a cost effective and educationally superior plan. The Whitman-Hanson model has been "Naticksized," and will provide a great learning environment for our high school students.
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