NORTH READING — Students, parents, members of the community, faculty, staff and the Administrative Council all had the opportunity to meet the two finalists seeking to serve as the next principal of the E. Ethel Little School.
The panels were held on Tuesday, April 1 from 3 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. for staff and the Administrative Council and on Wednesday, April 2 from 6 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. for parents, families, caregivers, and community members, each of whom had the option to participate in person or virtually.
Initially, three finalists were announced by Superintendent Dr. Patrick Daly, however, one finalist accepted a position elsewhere prior to the panels being held. The two remaining finalists are Sarah O’Leary and Julie Sciamanna.
Daly provided the following statement on the professional background of both candidates:
SARAH O’LEARY
Sarah O’Leary is currently the principal of the Proctor Elementary School in Topsfield where she has been the principal since 2009. Prior to that she served as the curriculum specialist in Topsfield, Middleton, and Boxford as a part of the Tri-Town School Union for three years after teaching elementary school for more than a decade in both Topsfield and Marlborough.
JULIE SCIAMANNA
Julie Sciamanna has worked in the role of Literacy Coach at North Beverly Elementary School for the past four years. Prior to that she served in the classroom as a Grade 2 teacher at North Beverly for seven years as well as four years as an elementary teacher in Lynn and Salem.