Provost has been credited with significantly improving graduation rates and SAT scores in Agawam.
John Provost, director of special services for the Agawam School Department, has been named superintendent of schools in North Brookfield.NORTH BROOKFIELD – John Provost, director of special services in the Agawam School Department, has been offered the job of school superintendent by the North Brookfield School Committee.
A press released issued Friday by the committee states that Provost is the finalist for the position and he is expected to start work July 1. A contract has yet to be agreed upon, according to the release.
Provost has been Agawam’s director of special services for eight years. He has been credited with significantly improving graduation rates and SAT scores and participation rates for students with disabilities in honors and advance placement courses, according to the statement.
Provost came to Agawam from a job as special education director in Holyoke. In Agawam, he replaced Ellyn Schneider, who resigned for personal reasons, at a starting salary of $78,000 a year.
“It will be a tremendous loss to the district,” Agawam School Superintendent Mary A. Czajkowski said of Provost’s anticipated departure. “It is well deserved. He has been preparing for this position for quite some time. I am happy for him and sad for the district.”
Czajkowski has accepted an offer to become superintendent of schools in Barnstable.