Donna Brown Named North Attleborough’s Falls Elementary School Interim Principal

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH – Superintendent John Antonucci is pleased to announce that Donna Brown has been selected as the new Interim Principal of Falls Elementary School.  

Brown will replace Principal Lee Anne Todd who is retiring after a 35-year career within North Attleboro Public Schools. Interim Principal Brown will assume this role beginning Friday, Feb. 17, and will serve throughout the remainder of the 2022-2023 school year. 

Interim Principal Brown has 11 years of experience serving as an educational team leader. Most recently, Brown has served as the interim principal at the Jackson Elementary School in Plainville since 2022. Prior to this, she served as the principal of the Callahan Elementary School in Norwood from 2017-2022 and assistant principal for education at the East Elementary School in Sharon from 2011-2017.

In total, Brown has 38 years of professional experience serving in numerous educational capacities. She began her career in 1985 as a language-based integrated preschool teacher in Norwood Public Schools before becoming a speech/language pathologist at the F.A. Cleveland Elementary School in Norwood in 1999.

At the F.A. Cleveland Elementary School, Brown rose to the position of head teacher in which she performed the duties of principal in their absence. Her time at the Cleveland School culminated in the position of administrative practicum before joining Norwood’s Willett Early Childhood Center as a team chair/facilitator in 2010.

Interim Principal Brown holds a master’s degree in communication disorders from Emerson College and a bachelor’s degree in speech and hearing disorders from Ithaca College.

“We’re excited to welcome Donna Brown as Falls Elementary School’s new Interim Principal,” said Superintendent Antonucci. “The Falls Elementary School has grown under Principal Todd’s leadership and we are confident that upon her retirement, Interim Principal Brown will continue to guide the school forward as we look to find a permanent replacement.”

North Attleborough Public Schools will launch its search for a permanent replacement in mid-February.

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