Hi, Rose, she said brightly. So I would say, keep an eye on Rachel Skerritt. "Brenda Cassellius is the right choice for the leader of the BPS,'' he said. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu unveiled Cassellius's impending departure in February, calling it a "mutual decision" by the mayor, superintendent and Boston School Committee Chair Jeri Robinson. Then, throughout the day, the students would shuttle between buildings on a train. Lack of uniform start and dismal dismissal times is the root of the problem, report says. Brenda Cassellius was born in Minnesota on September 9, 1967, and she will turn 54 in 2022. According to five current and former BPS officials, she often appeared to make snap decisions, seemingly without contemplating their ramifications. . Whats more, there was no train running along the parks length. Superintendent Brenda Cassellius: "Working alongside so many people - parents, educators, community and faith leaders, and philanthropic partners - all dedicated to helping our children achieve their dreams has given new meaning to my vision of all hands on deck. The Supreme Court is hearing the Harvard admissions discrimination case, which could effectively end affirmative action. As a parent, I want to request that my child receive a fair and equitable opportunity to apply for these three exam schools, said Bentao Cui, president of Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence, a new organization pushing for a merit-based entrance to Bostons exam schools. She has always wanted to be a teacher and instruct pupils. Three months into her first term, Wu will now search for a permanent leader to take over atop the city's public schools at the same time that she is engaged in the process of appointing the Boston Police Department's next commissioner. Her resignation. There'll be other people considered. COVID was an incredible challenge. She wears all blackpumps, dress, trench coatand seems a little distracted. Oh, I want to come in on Thursday. She seems simultaneously energized and at ease at the school. A mother who did not want to give her name to WBZ-TV said she was glad to see Cassellius leaving. Aware of the long history of distrust between BPS families and the district itself, Cassellius made a listening tour her first order of business. The move would have rendered Cassellius virtually a figurehead, still nominally in control of the district, but with many core responsibilities removed from her portfolio. AN EDUCATION CAREER Cassellius spent her early career as a single mom. Cassellius has faced criticism for allowing her administrator's license to lapse. Last but not the We couldn't do it without you. We took a look at her responses in multiple interviews with Boston education leaders, her extensive background in education leadership, and her plans for Boston Public Schools, to uncover how she will shape the next generation of Boston's young scholars. Lets go to TechBoston, she suggested. Aaliyah Hodge, Birchview Elementary School, Brenda Cassellius, Catalina Anampa, Chris Williams, Daniel Sellers, DaVimci Academy of the ARts, Debra Lach, Denise Rodriguez, Denise Specht, Don Sinner, Ed Allies. To some, the practical barriers to implementing the plan seemed nearly insurmountable. Here's why. The parents of all Boston school children will appreciate the rare candor. She enjoys making connections with the community she covers and imploring others to use journalism as a tool to stay informed and engaged. In our conversations, Cassellius seemed to ask for two things: time and skepticism of her critics. It caught me off guard, Cassellius admitted during the interview in a BPS classroom. And now I know its for getting us through this pandemic. Her confidence, and her self-belief, paid off. Publicly, at least, Cassellius still had the backing of the two allies she needed most: the school committee and City Hall. On. It began when the new superintendent came to town. In one light, Cassellius looks like the ideal person for that mission. Cassellius added that theres nothing wrong with showing vulnerability by crying. She came under fire from some parents and teachers for her efforts to reopen the . I need to come hang out here more often, she says. Per her contract, Casselius must be paid a years base salary, or the rest of what she would have been paid, had she stayed until 2023, whichever is less. Brenda Cassellius. But if I were a betting man, I might put some money on Rachel Skerritt. For people with disabilities needing assistance with the Public Files, contact Glenn Heath at 617-300-3268. Do you mind if I run a tape recorder throughout the day? I ask her. By winter of the 20192020 school year, concern over Casselliuss leadership had extended beyond the central office and reached BPSs principalssome of the districts most important employees. Woolhouse: The pandemic, I think it's been a very rough ride for her. To say that Casselliuss daily life in Boston has not been smooth is something of an understatement. In a letter to "the BPS community" this morning, Mayor Wu said she, School Committee Chairwoman Jeri Robinson and Cassellius decided it was time for Cassellius to move on. Parents Evaluation. Cassellius speaking to the media with Mayor Marty Walsh, who says he is and has always been confident in the superintendent. "We have come to this decision after careful deliberation, with mutual respect for all involved and an acknowledgment that there is much work still to be done this school year and beyond," Boston Mayor Michelle Wu wrote in a letter to the school community. Let me cite an example: the surprise closing of the Curley school. She even briefly served as a classroom teacher . Sensing the COVID-induced hesitation in my voice, the superintendent, who spends a lot of time in the field and knows every school building in the district inside and out, quickly offered another option. This violates Students constitutional right to be free from racial and ethnic discrimination.. Cassellius chats with the head chef, who shows her a color-coded calendar of the months meals. Cassellius made the announcement in a letter to parents, students and staff Monday. Prior to that she served as Minnesota's education commissioner. BOSTON (WHDH) - Teachers and parents were left stunned on Tuesday when Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius mistakenly said certain students with high needs could return to. Join us. After all, equity is her driving passion. Working with educators, parents, business people, students, policy-makers and other concerned people throughout the United States. When Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius resigns at the end of the school year, she'll take with her hundreds of thousands of dollars from a separation agreement. There was also backlash from the citywide school nurses union. The windows open there. Before her aide could object, she was off. We had all this wind under our wings, she says. I want you to run academics for Memphis middle schools, Johnson told Cassellius, assuring her she could handle the job overseeing 31 principals, many of them decades older than her. Denne knap viser den valgte sgetype. BOSTON The Superintendent of Boston Public Schools, Dr. Brenda Cassellius, has announced plans to resign after three years as leader of the state's largest school system and will address the decision in front of reporters at a news conference scheduled for 10:15 Tuesday morning. Charlene has a way of coaching Brenda, says the former Minnesota Department of Education official. Superintendent Skipper and her husband Peter, a retired BC High School religion teacher, have three children of whom they are very proud, and two amazing son-in-laws: Kassie, a teacher in the Denver Public Schools and her husband Joseph Montoya who is Senior Director of Residential at Namast Solar; Lihlani, who is the Associate Director at She implemented a hiring freeze, eliminated key central-office roles, and repeatedly reshuffled the organizational chart, according to three current and former BPS officials. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Before working with . Without Charlene, I dont think Brenda would have survived., In the months that followed, Briner helped prop Cassellius up, sometimes almost literally. Together, we can create a more connected and informed world. September 8, 2018 Will new reporting & school support systems help students? A group of Boston parents has filed a lawsuit against the school committee and Superintendent Brenda Cassellius for what they call a "wholly-irrational" exam school admissions process, which. Previous superintendents had done deep dives into the details of how the district ran. I dont want this to come off negative, she told me in our first interview, but I think theres almost a sense of pride in that Bostonians say theyre hard on people, just like in Minnesota we have Minnesota Nice., Paul Reville, who served as secretary of education under Deval Patrick and is a supporter of Cassellius, says Cassellius needs to be given time. Brenda Cassellius has been criticized for her job thus far as superintendent of Boston Public Schools, though her supporters say she deserves time and a chance to implement her vision. BPS officials stress that the superintendent had every right to put her own team in place. But it's not the only issue here. She did not say why she is leaving. When Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius resigns at the end of the school year, she'll take with her hundreds of thousands of dollars from a separation agreement. And Ms. Cassellius has proven to be not a good administrator. In theory, this was a fine idea. Despite Casselliuss public victories, though, BPS officials were alarmed by the mounting evidence that she was an ineffective administrator. I think Wu understands that the next super needs the trust of students, their parents and Boston teachers to really hit the ground running. But with Brenda, one former official says, word came down that if your presentation was more than a few slides, you would lose her.. Brophy might have seen it this way, too. When Cassellius arrived in Boston to vie for the BPS top job, she pitched herself as a deft political operator laser-focused on equity. Does the union get to dictate policy? A lot of the most energetic discussion have been around the admissions policies of the city's top three exam schools. So what went wrong? Brenda Cassellius's husband is Jason Cassellius. would be stepping down at the end of the school year, Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius to step down, Boston Public School students walk out, call for remote learning, COVID-19 outbreak at Curley School 'caught us by surprise,' says Boston Public Schools superintendent, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility at GBH, Transparency in Coverage Cost-Sharing Disclosures. Shes had an extraordinarily difficult maiden year as superintendent, and I think shes performed remarkably well under the circumstances. But, he adds, There have been times when Brenda had such a bold vision that its overwhelming to people. The new schools, she said, would be built alongor on top of, it wasnt exactly clearthe Emerald Necklace, the winding park running through central Boston. Through the early summer, officials had grown concerned that Cassellius and her new leadership team might not be up to the task of managing the pandemic response. Joe Nathan / 2018 Columns / Blue Ribbon Schools, Brenda Cassellius, Minnesota Department of Education, Minnesota . But they found her methods strange. Santoro: If Rachel Skerritt is happy where she is, why would she even consider taking on this monstrosity? Many times over a career great humans cross your path that bring an almost indescribable energy, however every time the person is in the room you feel their "Dr. Cassellius articulated an inspiring, yet practical, vision of how she has been . When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. All of this landed in her lap precisely when the district was trying to figure out how to reopen schools in the fall. 2016 columns / Thats my style, and I think people are getting used to that now. She said that ultimately it was not possible to close McKinley and Jackson/Mann before the 2019 school year began, but that if she could have done it, she would have. Santoro: Peter, as we said at the top, the pandemic has not made the position of superintendent easy by any stretch. He had a flawed first search for a superintendent. Was it the pandemic, which stalled Casselliuss agenda and turned her job into mission impossible? She even briefly served as a classroom teacher in January when roughly 1,200 teachers and staff members called out sick during the omicron surge. BOSTON (CBS) - Boston Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Brenda Cassellius is resigning at the end of the school year. 2018 Columns / Its a very bold vision, she said, to get people to stretch their thinking. Of her big ideas, she said, The good ones stick and the bad ones fall away. I feel like I am put in places where I need to be for that reason. Alexi's professional experience encompasses print, television and radio at NY1, CNN en Espaol, 88.7FM WRHU and The Republican newspaper. So she's been tested by fire. Linking the Minnesota MCA III Assessments to NWEA MAP Tests. According to sources with direct knowledge of this effort, as well as contemporaneous records, the officials were seeking candidates to step into a new role: czar for BPS operations and pandemic response. Login or Sign-up to show all important data, death records and obituaries absolutely for free! Kadzis: Well, first of all, I didn't sound very sympathetic the first time. Brenda runs down the aisle giving high-fives and the kids eat it up. When she arrived here in the spring of 2019, she inherited a system plagued by underperforming schools, yawning achievement gaps between Black and white students, decrepit infrastructure, and a distrustful relationship with the community it must serve. / CBS Boston. Will she bring in someone local like they're talking about? The trouble, according to interviews with 14 current and former BPS officials who have worked directly with Cassellius, and who spoke anonymously for fear of professional consequences, didnt start with the pandemic. Then there was a second better search and there was a superb candidate, Marie Izquierdo, from Miami. Perhaps that is why she seemed so buoyant when I visited Lee K8 with her and why she meets regularly with her student cabinet, and with BPSs student advisory council. As a leader, she said, its good for people to know that youre human., Casselliuss colleagues, and many of her sharpest critics, however, have never questioned her humanity. Her mother's name is unknown, as well as her father's. Brenda graduated from high school in Minnesota and went onto the University of Minnesota-Twin City, where she earned a bachelor's psychology degree. Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius will resign at the end of the school year, bringing to an end a three-year tenure marked by COVID-19 upheaval and leaving Boston's new mayor with major decisions on the education and policing fronts. Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius will resign at the end of the school year, bringing to an end a three-year tenure marked by COVID-19 upheaval and leaving Boston's new. Before she even started the job, when she was still a candidate for the position, she had already seemed to achieve the impossible: winning the support of the community, the school committee, the teachers union, and the mayor. She does not have a day to spend on me. She does view her job in terms of improving equity, says Keri Rodrigues, a prominent Massachusetts education activist, but wanting it and being able to make it happen are two different things., Edith Bazile, a vocal supporter of Cassellius during the superintendent selection process, has since concluded that Cassellius doesnt have what it takes to lead the district as it emerges from the pandemic. Casselius is the second BPS superintendent to leave after three years on the job. What was frustrating, one former official says, was that they were often mutually contradictory. They were also disruptive. It worked. Its a gray and frigid morning in Dorchester when Brenda Cassellius bounds toward me on the front lawn of Joseph Lee K8 School. At the Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, for instance, she wowed teachers and parents when she started communicating with children in American Sign Language. But when youre in charge of a school district for more than 50,000 students, being nice isnt enough to prevent us from being honest that shes not getting the job done.. 'Substantial snowfall' likely for parts of Massachusetts, as meteorologists track wintry mix, Howie Carr: The kinked grocery cart under Biden's America, Hire at Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's Office loses job after old racist, sexist tweets emerge, Patriots slammed in NFLPA survey about team facilities, player working conditions, Boston Police seize 37 dirt bikes and mopeds, recover fentanyl and guns, and arrest 4 after 'illegal drag racing' investigation, Student loan debt cancellation could be on thin ice as Supreme Court takes up case, Massachusetts lawmakers push for relief, Milton asks governor to stop demolition of broken MBTA station staircase, Black WWII vets denied G.I. They did not. Her hometown school board, which had watched her work closely for years, passed her over, citing the scarce progress on closing achievement gaps during her eight years as the top education official in the state. Both her father's name and her mothers are unknown. But why stop there? But the lawsuit says the zip code quota system is wholly-irrational and states that it serves to disfavor Asian and White students by decreasing their numbers at the Boston Exam Schools while favoring Latino and African-American students by increasing their numbers., A Brighton parent and member of BPCAE said, My kids have to submit GPAs and with so many kids in this zip location I just feel that my kids, their chance will be limited to get into exam schools., The lawsuit states, The Students are being required to apply through a race-based process. As the students offered suggestionsfree menstrual products, cleaner bathrooms, improved ventilationCassellius had her executives take notes. 'Nothing Is Pushing Me Out': Boston Superintendent Brenda Cassellius Says Of Resignation February 8, 2022 / 12:14 PM / CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) -- After three years on the job, Dr. Brenda. Speaking to a room full of staffers and principals, she explained her vision for the next generation of Bostons high schools. While the nation tunes in tonight to hear the But we can assume it will be at least 18 months and possibly two years left on her contract, which could give her a payout of up to $600.000. A spokesman for BPS declined to comment due to pending litigation. The column gave a good glimpse of some of the real problems facing school systems like Boston. Boston schools superintendent Brenda Cassellius appeared to catch many by surprise Monday when she announced she would step down from her position at the end of the school year. She has one of the highest-stakes jobs in Boston, and the second-hardest job in the city after mayor, one source told me. 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On Twitter, Brenda has 9,689 followers on her @bcassellius account. There was a moment when I thought, Maybe shes this madcap genius, the former official says. College campuses increasingly offer time off for mental health, but some are skeptical. Dismayed by the prospect of sending kids to school there, she asked her staff to find a way to close italong with another dilapidated school, the Jackson/Mannand send the students elsewhere. Cassellius will step down at the end of the school year, bringing to an end a three-year tenure marked by COVID-19 upheaval and leaving Boston's new mayor with major decisions on the education and policing fronts. Joe Battenfeld is a veteran Herald political columnist and multimedia reporter. The BPS officials listening to this concept were stunned. Mask up, Superintendent, an aide says, and she pulls her facemask over her nose. At the Joseph P. Tynan Elementary School in South Boston, she toured the hallways and classrooms with parents and their students, letting them know that she believed the school belonged to them. Santoro: People will welcome the challenge. Building consensus, he notes, is a long, agonizing process. Still, Casselliuss critics and some of her former supporters fear she is ill equipped to tackle this next challenge. She envisioned that when students arrived in the morning, they would receive a playlist of programs available at each of the schools, according to BPS officials with knowledge of the plan. But its more than that. "Under the circumstances, she's done a great job. Hey Marcus, what you got going on these days?. Then she added an admonition: You need to grow in humility., Stung by the criticism despite the vote of confidence, Cassellius went home and cried. Collaborations, School Choice (including dual credit, district & chartered public schools). Prior to the release of AYP data, Commissioner Cassellius provided an optional letter to parents that school districts could choose to send with their mandated AYP letters. Transitions are difficult for kids and adults alike. Boston School Superintendent Brenda Cassellius, right, spoke to the media after she helped dismiss children at the Nathan Hale Elementary School after substitute teaching there in January. Superintendent Brenda Cassellius said she supported the change because it is easy to understand, maintains academic rigor, and increases the opportunity for disadvantaged students. ", In a statement, the mayor said she was "grateful for the Superintendent's leadership, especially while navigating the COVID-19 pandemic.". Stream GBH's Award-Winning Content For Parents And Children. Brenda Cassellius Salary Details Revealed Brenda Cassellius' compensation is very high as she earns $311,000 every year. A new wave of trouble began with another of Casselliuss bold ideas, her so-called High School Redesign Plan. As this story went to print, Cassellius was preparing for a virtual retreat with the school committee. They cant see how to get it done, and she hasnt shown them the steps along the way.. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of 14 BPCAE families in U.S. District Court in Boston on Friday. Alexi Cohan is a general assignment reporter covering local news and government as well as health and medicine stories. In meetings, she often broke down in tears and said she felt overwhelmed, according to three people who witnessed these episodes. It does not seem that there is any appetite to give people room to prove themselves., If Cassellius shares that sentiment, she was too diplomatic, in most of our conversations, to say so. Santoro: Meg, it seems clear that parents want and actually need a level of stability considering the pandemic, the turnover of superintendents. Go Blue! 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When the new system was approved, many city leaders and school advocates hailed it as an outstanding vote that helps to address longstanding equity issues within the district. She does not seek out people, Bazile says, who are going to push her, interrogate her process, and ask provocative questions., Even more unnerving was the growing sense among BPS staffers that Cassellius herself realized she was in over her head. Photo By Matt Stone/ MediaNews Group/Boston Herald. The. Brenda's parents have always been supportive of her professional endeavors. The discovery of a gun at a South Boston school on Friday along with the vicious attack on a principal a few months ago showed the school system has a long way to go at protecting kids and teachers from violence. "She found out what work is. Until then, my sleeves are rolled up because we still have work to do," Cassellius wrote in her letter. Brenda Cassellius, Carlton Jenkins, Equal Opportunity Schools, Higher Ground Academy, Hopkins Public Schools, Minnesota Department of Education, Steve Massey, Zena Stenvik / 0 Comments, http://hometownsource.com/2016/03/09/joe-nathan-column-massive-misunderstanding-or-classic-bait-and-switch/ The following column originally was published by ECM Publications Massive misunderstanding or classic bait and switch By Joe Nathan on March 9, 2016 at 5:27 pm Joe Nathan The Minnesota Department of Education wisely passed on an offer recently that represented, in part, a massive misunderstanding and, in part, a classic bait and switch. []. We will remember him forever. You know what would be kind of cool, Nate, is having a youth portion of the presentation. Kuder said he loved the idea. She was also a finalist for a state superintendent job in Michigan. She walked into the mayors office, asked for $100 million, and got it. 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