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Dear NPS Community Members,

The School Committee has set the stage for a robust search for our next permanent Superintendent. Specifically, over the past few weeks, we took the following first two steps in the search process:

1) We hired NESDEC as our Superintendent Search firm. Through the expertise of two former Superintendents (Dr. Sally Dias and Dr. Judith Paolucci), NESDEC will help the School Committee: recruit candidates from across the country; gather information from all community stakeholders to identify our collective priorities; develop a candidate profile to guide the search process based on the community’s input; and help screen and interview candidates.

2) Along with NESDEC as our search firm, we also decided to put together a Screening Committee that will screen the initial pool of candidates and select finalists. Though the School Committee is still working on the process for setting up the Screening Committee, we have identified the various types of stakeholders we will be inviting including: three parent representatives who will be selected in coordination with Natick SEPAC, Natick METCO and the Parent Coordinating Council (ensuring the three represent elementary, middle, and high school parents); three members of the Education Association of Natick (educator union); one community member at large; one student representative; one central office administrator; one school principal; the Natick Town Administrator (or designee); and two members of the School Committee. More information on the Screening Committee is forthcoming.

Next, we are working with NESDEC on a plan to engage the community through a survey and series of focus groups that will take place later this month and into November. Stay tuned to future newsletters to learn more about how you can provide your feedback into the process.

As always, if you have any questions about the process, please feel free to email us at schoolcommittee@natickps.org.

Natick School Committee

Natick METCO Alumnus Rabkwan Chaimattayompol (NHS '21) designed and painted the artwork for the newly-created Little Free Diverse Library of Children's Books.

SPARK Kindness hosted a celebration of the library's opening on a beautiful Sunday in early October. Check it out at Connor Heffler Park, Natick.

For more information on METCO, please click here.

Registration for the Natick Public Schools has moved to the Natick Community Center. Registration is provided, by appointment only, on Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on Thursdays from 12 noon to 7 p.m. through December. We are thrilled to offer this evening option for working families.

Beginning in January of 2024, appointments will be available four days a week. Appointments will be provided on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on Thursdays from 12 noon to 7:00 p.m.

For appointments, please contact Lynda Berg, Registrar, at 774-721-7500 or lyberg@natickps.org. Registration information can be found on our website.

Visit https://www.dea.gov/takebackday for more information

• Lane change and Longevity Step eligibility requests are due by November 1, 2023. (Forms in TalentEd Records)
  
  
• NILS (the Natick Innovation & Learning Summit for staff) is happening on November 27!
  

Harvard Football is celebrating teachers and school faculty during Educator Appreciation Day on Saturday, Oct. 28 at 4 p.m. Discounted tickets are available for the game. See you there!

The latest employee resources from Perspectives highlight the best ways to "Navigate the Holiday Season with Care & Resilience." National Disability Employment Awareness Month provides an opportunity to learn more about invisible disabilities that can affect people in the workplace.

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Please click here to sign up for Fall Into Fitness. There are three full weeks left! The inspiring challenge ends on Sunday, Nov. 5. Get out and enjoy the sunshine!

The Natick Public Schools mobile app is available for Android and Apple devices in the Google Play Store and the App Store. Having the app at your fingertips will allow you to quickly find school contact info and see important upcoming events.

Natick Public Schools does not discriminate in employment nor its educational programs, services, and activities based on race, creed, color, age, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, physical and intellectual differences, immigration status, homeless status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Please be aware all electronic communication to and from Natick Public Schools is public record and subject to public disclosure per Massachusetts General Law Chapter 66, Section 10.

• Title I: Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990
• Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990
• Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
• MGL, Ch.76, Section 5: Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 76, Section 5