WHS Principal Eric Tracy Finalist for Hamilton-Wenham Job
The two finalists to become the new, permanent principal at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School will have public interviews in two separate days in late January.
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Wilmington High School principal Eric Tracy and Kristen Vogel, an assistant principal at Bedford High School are the two finalists to become the new principal at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School, the hiring Superintendent Dr. Michael Harvey on Friday afternoon.
Both candidates will spend a day at the South Hamilton school later this month and take part in a forum with the community in the evening.
Harvey will make the final pick but is soliciting feedback from students, faculty, staff, parents and community members. The person who gets the job will replace John Hughes, the retired principal of Natick High School who served as the school’s interim principal for the past two years after Matt Fox left to become principal at Veterans Middle School in Marblehead.
Before Fox left, he also served as principal at Miles River Middle School, which shares the same campus with the high school. John Driscoll, who was at first hired as the middle school’s interim principal, has since been hired as Miles River’s permanent principal.
Tracy has been principal at Wilmington High School since 2004. Before that, he was an Assistant Principal in the Peabody and Salem School Districts.
He began his career in education as a Technology Education/Science Teacher and has a Master’s Degree in Education Administration from Cambridge College and a Bachelor’s of Science from Fitchburg State College in Industrial Science and Education.
Vogel has been an Assistant Principal at Bedford High School since July 2006. She has also worked in the Swampscott Public Schools as an Assistant Principal, Curriculum Director and Teacher. She began her educational career as a teacher at the Governor’s Academy.
She has a Master’s of Arts in Teaching History from Boston College and a Bachelor’s Degree in History from St. Lawrence University.
Tracy will visit the Regional on Monday, Jan. 28 and Vogel will visit on Tuesday, Jan. 29.
During each visit, the finalists will each spend a day at the high school meeting with faculty, staff and central office leadership, Harvey said in his announcement.
Both visits will end with a session to meet with parents and the public at 5:30 p.m. in the music room at the high school. Afterward, everyone who attends will be asked to provide written feedback on the candidate.
Friday’s announcement of the two finalists comes after a search that started in the fall with 37 applicants. That field was narrowed down to 10 finalists who were all interviewed this week by the search committee, which included Cutler Elementary School Principal Jennifer Clifford and Mathematics Curriculum Leader Tony Walsh, plus other unspecified students, parents, teachers and administrators.
“I would like to take the opportunity to thank the leaders of the Search Committee, who served on the committee for offering their time and lending their expertise to this important process,” Harvey said in his announcement.
The current search for a permanent principal comes after a search nearly two years ago ended with neither of the two finalists being selected for the job. The then-Interim Superintendent Peter Gray said he wanted to allow a new superintendent (Harvey had not be hired at the time) to make the selection.
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Wilmington High School
159 Church St, Wilmington, MA -
Bedford High School
9 Mudge Way, Bedford, MA -
Town of Natick High School
15 West St, Natick, MA -
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Marblehead Veterans Middle School
217 Pleasant St, Marblehead, MA -
Cutler Elementary School
237 Asbury St, South Hamilton, MA
Janus
5:41 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
Can Wilmington keep any of its administrators or seasoned teachers?
wilmom
5:57 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
Hope Tracy gets the job!
Melks2002
6:29 pm on Saturday, January 12, 2013
I do too. He helped my daughter through and was very supportive and didn't give up on her. He was very proud when she graduated and she thanked him for his support. I wish him the best.
Kevin MacDonald
6:55 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
My guess is that they are trying to build an overpriced school that they don't need. I would also venture to guess that they want to knock down a building that could generate revenue or be used as a shelter in the event that there is a natural disaster.
You're a great go to guy Mr. Tracey....NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Melks2002
6:27 pm on Saturday, January 12, 2013
Seriously? I have some straws for you to grasp if you Need them.
Kevin MacDonald
7:02 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
Hurry, get out of Wilmington before the you know what hits the fan. Does he want to get out of Wilmington so he doesn't have to take responsibility for being part of the High school building committee when the truth comes out?
Melks2002
6:25 pm on Saturday, January 12, 2013
Do your children go to this school? Do you even know what you are talking about? You can say all the stupid, arrogant things you want....we are still getting a new school! What will you spend all of your time doing when this is over? Sorry you are such a sad man....
Janus
11:44 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
While I'm happy for Tracy, I selfishly want him at the helm of the new high school. Kevin....I was really hoping for some informed discourse on this matter. Please let others respond to my posts.
jo
9:11 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013
Tracy has been in the Wilmington school system for 9 years, I wouldn't consider that a short tenure. New teachers/administrators bring new ideas and fresh perspectives and I think we all benefit from that. Mr. Tracy seems to be very passionate about his work here in Wilmington, and you can tell that he is very involved in all the school activities, he will be missed.
Wooden Shoe
10:02 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013
MacDonald get a life. Do you have anything else going on in your life? You have done alll you can to derail the New high school but in the end it will be built and all you will be remembered as is the kook who cost the town unnecessary money. Please move
NP
7:50 pm on Saturday, January 12, 2013
This is is life....tormemting wilmington.. it will never end... he is such a saaaad, saaaad man....
NP
7:51 pm on Saturday, January 12, 2013
*his life...