Mayoral candidate Cathy Ann Viveiros said she wants to turn how business is done in the school district on its head.
Standing in front of the Mary Fonseca Elementary School a day before classes were set to begin, Viveiros said she envisions leading the School Committee in a new direction that would focus on site-based management of schools rather than dictates from School Department administrators on school decisions, including budgeting.
She said such a system would allow principals, teachers and parents to decide if a classroom needs a paraprofessional versus other positions such as teacher coaches. To free up funds for individual school budgets, Viveiros said she would call for a reallocation of “non-direct resources.” She said the system would allow schools to create individual recovery plans.
Viveiros said the change would mean a new role for the School Committee, which she would chair as the mayor, with the group focusing on the [...]

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