Merrimac Residents Sought to Fill Seat on Whittier Tech School Committee

The Pentucket Regional School District invites interested Merrimac residents to serve on the Whittier Regional Vocational Technical School Committee.

Whittier Tech is the high school career technical education option for students from Merrimac, Groveland, and West Newbury. Each town has one representative on the 14-member School Committee. The Pentucket Regional School Committee is the appointing authority.

The appointed board member serves to represent the best educational interests of children from the Town of Merrimac. School Committee members have four responsibilities:

• Create and adopt District policies.
• Select a Superintendent-Director to implement those policies.
• Evaluate the Superintendent-Director.
• Budget for adequate resources for the District.

Whittier Tech School Committee members are expected to maintain effective communication with the public, staff, and students, and to maintain awareness of attitudes, opinions, desires, and ideas. All Committee meetings adhere to the Open Meeting Law, except where a closed executive session is permitted by the law.

The selected applicant commits to serving a three-year term, ending March 31, 2029.

Merrimac residents who are interested in serving are asked to send a letter of interest to Alyson Tedeschi, Office of the Superintendent, 22 Main St., West Newbury 01985, email atedeschi@prsd.org, or call 978-363-2280.