The three finalist candidates for superintendent of the Boston Public Schools are sitting for public interviews this week. Marie Izquierdo, the chief academic officer of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, was interviewed on Monday.
Brenda Cassellius, a former Minnesota education commissioner, was interviewed on Tuesday. And on Wednesday, Oscar Santos, president of Cathedral High School in Boston, had his say.
School Committee members will likely cast their votes the week of April 29.
Oscar Santos was interviewed on Wednesday by the School Committee and three panels of community partners, parents, teachers, students, and administrators. He confronted a range of questions that touched upon his time as a Boston school teacher and headmaster, his time as a student in the system, his three-year tenure as Randolph schools superintendent, and issues such as closing achievement gaps, bolstering English language instruction for non-native speakers, navigating Boston’s political landscape, and redesigning high schools.