The head of a Boston education nonprofit is poised to become the temporary leader of the school system, Mayor Martin J. Walsh and School Committee chairman Michael Loconto announced Wednesday night.
Laura Perille, the president and chief executive officer of EdVestors, will step in for Tommy Chang, who announced his resignation from the job last week after he and Walsh mutually decided to part ways, ending a three-year tenure.
“We are pleased to support Laura Perille as the preferred candidate for interim superintendent for the Boston Public Schools,” said Walsh and Loconto in a written statement. “Laura is a longtime school improvement advocate, BPS parent and an experienced school system partner, who we are confident is the right person to move BPS forward during this transition. . . . She has the drive, skills and expertise to achieve the positive results we need for our students.”