Westwood School Committee Offers WPS Superintendent Position to Billerica Superintendent Tim Piwowar (Updated)

Westwood’s School Committee has unanimously decided at its meeting this Monday morning, March 27, 2023, to offer the position of Westwood Public Schools Superintendent to Timothy Piwowar, who is current superintendent of Billerica Public Schools. The decision was made during a remote, online, public session of the committee’s deliberations over three finalists for the position.

Mr. Piwowar’s experience as a superintendent was repeatedly cited as a factor moving his candidacy ahead of Ian Kelly, interim superintendent of Dedham Public Schools and Rebecca Kidwell, assistant superintendent of curriculum, instruction, assessment & professional development of Rockland Public Schools.

School Committee took about a 15 minute break for Vice Chair Tony Mulllin to convey School Committee’s decision to Mr. Piwowar (pronounced pi-BO-bar, with emphasis on the second syllable). 

Following the break, Mr. Mullin returned to the public meeting to announce that Mr. Piwowar had responded with an enthusiastic “yes,” and cited his positive interactions with the Westwood community.

School Committee appointed Mr. Mullin and Maya Plotkin, who both co-chaired the superintendent search committee, to enter contract negotiations with Mr. Piwowar. The committee hopes to be in a position to approve a contract by the time that it next meets in the first week of April.

Updated 3/27/2023 at 9:51 p.m. A correction has been made to Ian Kelly's job title which is "interim superintendent" and not "assistant superintendent." Also, a typographical error has been corrected.

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