THREE FINALISTS HAVE BEEN NAMED in the search for a new Boston school superintendent, but it’s hard not to wonder whether home field advantage will be what matters in the end.
Look no further than the front page of today’s Boston Herald, where Boston Latin graduate and local school leader Oscar Santos gazes earnestly at readers next to a headline reading, “Our Saving Grace.” Flip inside and there’s a piece making the case for Santos — authored by Santos — under the headline in the print edition, “Boston’s own makes super case.”
Maybe the two other finalists, both from out of state, will get similar moments of Herald glory, but they shouldn’t hold their breath.
Meanwhile, the Globe offers a quick first take on what the three finalists say they would bring to the job of helming the state’s largest school district. While Santos offers comments in an interview with reporter James Vaznis, the other two finalists, Marie Izquierdo, chief academic officer for Miami-Dade County Public Schools, and Brenda Cassellius, former state education commissioner in Minnesota, provided statements to the paper.