Wellesley starts Schofield Elementary School principal search

Wellesley Public Schools has posted a job opening for principal at Schofield Elementary School (27 Cedar St.), as Dr. Stephen Godwin was hired last year as principal on an interim basis.

The job posting lists the application due date as Feb. 21 and starting date as July 1.

It’s a big job, with a list of instructional and organizational leadership requirements highlighted, plus administrative and management duties. The salary is shown as ranging from $156,063 to $178,338 per year.

According to the state’s report card on Schofield, the school’s student population has fallen from 333 to 291 over the past few years, and its teacher total is at about 27.

Schofield, named after Dr. Otho Lester Schofield M.D., is one of the older Wellesley Public Schools buildings. It was constructed in 1964 and has been added onto a couple of times. Like Wellesley’s other older school buildings, it is part of the town’s air conditioning upgrades discussion.

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