Today is officially the last day of the Jon White era as head of our Bedford Public Schools. While Mr. White and I didn’t necessarily see eye-to-eye in terms of my access to stories coming out the school I certainly wish to thank him for his years of service and wish him the absolute best in his retirement. I’ve known Mr. White for many years and I know our schools will miss his capable leadership.
In the wake of Mr. White’s retirement we must find capable and proven leadership to take over the day-to-day operations of our schools in the most efficient manner possible. With the continued fear of financial constraint on our district, the pink-slipping of teachers, the fears of a school building closing, we need leadership and we need it know. I implore the Board of Education to expedite it’s search for our new Superintendent and to do so now.
This is certainly not to be construed as a lack of confidence in our interim Superintendent, Dr. Ted Magrum, however, we must eliminate the term interim from the title as soon as possible. Whether the board should chose to maintain Dr. Magrum in that role or not … let the search be ardent and comprehensive but also let it be completed expeditiously.