The BPS officials listening to this concept were stunned. As she traveled the city on her listening tour, Cassellius issued a flurry of staffing directives that often went unannounced and unexplained. Will they be encouraged and challenged? Cassellius will likely be muzzled under a non-disclosure agreement when she leaves, but it would be nice if she spilled details of her brief time as superintendent on the way out. Peter Kadzis: No there have been problems that go way back, even as far back as Ray Flynn and Mayor Menino. ", 'Heartbroken' by the tragedy of war, a Ukrainian opera singer performs in Belmont, Healey's proposed budget a boon to education and the environment, Senate confirms first Hispanic judge to Massachusetts federal court, The woman who introduced MLK Jr. and Coretta Scott lies in an unmarked grave in Boston, The civil rights memorials that expose America's ugly history and warn of repeating the past. It caught me off guard, Cassellius admitted during the interview in a BPS classroom. She's super smart. She asked me what I would do if I was superintendent. Meanwhile, she funneled what she had learned on her listening tour into a strategic vision plan that laid out a roadmap for BPSs next five years. Even though it is a Wednesday morning, Lee K8, a sprawling red-brick building standing behind us, is mostly empty, staffed by a skeleton crew and completely devoid of children. As we left Lee K-8, Casselliuss aide invited me back to the BPS central office for an interview. Santoro: Peter, as we said at the top, the pandemic has not made the position of superintendent easy by any stretch. Prior to the release of AYP data, Commissioner Cassellius provided an optional letter to parents that school districts could choose to send with their mandated AYP letters. Everyone was going every which way without direction, without leadership., Meanwhile, the senior leadership ranks cleared out as incumbents defected (Casselliuss chief of staff left in complete and utter dismay, a current BPS official says) or were pushed to resign. This button displays the currently selected search type. Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Her driving passion, equity, seemed to make her a perfect fit for a district where inequality in academic outcomes is glaring. On. When I told Josh Collins, Casselliuss former spokesman at the Minnesota Department of Education, about Casselliuss troubles in Boston, he said some of the dynamics sounded familiar. Santoro: So is this a wait and see thing now? People felt heard. She is the head of school at Boston Latin School. Prior to that she served as Minnesota's education commissioner. Thatd be pretty powerful, Cassellius said. At the Joseph P. Tynan Elementary School in South Boston, she toured the hallways and classrooms with parents and their students, letting them know that she believed the school belonged to them. Tell us what she really thinks of the joke of a school committee and the oversized influence of the powerful teachers union. Unveiled in early 2020, it laid out an audacious vision for the future, proposing that seven large high schools across the city simultaneously expand Advanced Placement and pre-AP courses, create technical and vocational education tracks, offer dual enrollment with local colleges, implement International Baccalaureate programs, and expand to include the seventh and eighth grades. Her hometown school board, which had watched her work closely for years, passed her over, citing the scarce progress on closing achievement gaps during her eight years as the top education official in the state. When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. Series III Reading. Parents of Boston special needs students especially struggled to get the district to listen to the fact that their kids needed to be in school early on in the pandemic and special needs kids were regressing during remote learning and their parents were heartbroken because they were watching it up close. Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius will resign at the end of the school year, bringing to an end a three-year tenure marked by COVID-19 upheaval and leaving Boston's new. She quickly won jobs as a teacher, assistant principal, and then principal of a middle school, after Carol Johnson (who would later serve as BPS superintendent) hired Cassellius to work in the Memphis school district where she was superintendent. The column gave a good glimpse of some of the real problems facing school systems like Boston. She started in the position in July 2019. That's not out-front administration. In a 5-2 vote, the Boston School Committee selected to appoint former Minnesota's Commissioner of Education Dr. Brenda Cassellius as their next Superintendent Wednesday. She succeeded Tommy Chang who resigned after three years. Photo by Matt Kalinowski. She has one of the highest-stakes jobs in Boston, and the second-hardest job in the city after mayor, one source told me. Her leadership skills are very lacking, a former Minnesota Department of Education official who worked with Cassellius told me. Brenda Cassellius, David Esquith, Minnesota State University Mankato, PACER Center, School Safety Technical Assistance Center, US Department of Education Office of Safe and Healthy Students, Walter Roberts / 0 Comments, The following column originally was published by ECM Publications Helping students be safer at school By Joe Nathan on February 10, 2016 at 2:03 pm Joe Nathan David Esquith shares one of the deepest concerns parents have: I worry about a call from the school that my kid got hurt. Its important that Esquith understands, [], Joe Nathan / Its that she was falling apart., In October 2019, Cassellius reached for a lifeline, hiring Charlene Briner as her new chief of staff. Cassellius made the announcement in a letter to parents, students and staff Monday. Minnesota education commissioner, Brenda Cassellius, and former Anchorage, Alaska superintendent, Ed Graff, are the two finalists for Minneapolis's school superintendent position, according a May 13 press release. "I don't have any further thoughts on that at this time," she said. That is exactly how Briner sees it after working alongside Cassellius in Boston. However, she was Carol Johnson's chief of staff, a former superintendent. The tour earned her a lot of goodwill. Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius will step down from her position as the district's chief executive in June a decision that Mayor Michelle Wu described on Monday as. Briner stood close to her and said, Lets breathe in. Further, just before applying for the superintendent role in Boston, she had been turned down for the same job in Minneapolis. They did not. We could use more of that honesty and advocacy for school children. Dr. Lisa Sayles-Adams is the current superintendent of Eastern Carver County Schools in Chaska, MN. Santoro: Meg, it seems clear that parents want and actually need a level of stability considering the pandemic, the turnover of superintendents. Santoro: People will welcome the challenge. When I asked Mayor Walsh about this effort, he said it would be false to characterize the role explored over the summer as a checkmate to Brenda. However, he said that as of December, Cassellius was seeking to hire a new operations director. Cassellius speaking to the media with Mayor Marty Walsh, who says he is and has always been confident in the superintendent. For the next eight years, she served as Minnesotas commissioner of education. The people I spoke to who had no inside knowledge. We couldn't do it without you. See all the student videos on the Dual High School/College Credit page. That was a marked departure for her and showed a little independence. Then, throughout the day, the students would shuttle between buildings on a train. 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I was such a go-getter, she told me, and confident and, you know, dig in. Brenda Cassellius's husband is Jason Cassellius. Does the union get to dictate policy? We're seeing staff come back! She came under fire from some parents and teachers for her efforts to reopen the . . 2016 columns / She even briefly served as a classroom teacher in January when roughly 1,200 teachers and staff members called out sick during the omicron surge. Peter Kadzis, GBH senior politics editor, and Meg Woolhouse, GBH education reporter, joined host Henry Santoro on Morning Edition to discuss. Near the end of our final interview, during which I detailed her critics charges, Cassellius cut me off. So what went wrong? Dismayed by the prospect of sending kids to school there, she asked her staff to find a way to close italong with another dilapidated school, the Jackson/Mannand send the students elsewhere. Cassellius added that theres nothing wrong with showing vulnerability by crying. 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Brenda Cassellius Selected As Next Boston Schools Superintendent May 2, 2019 BOSTON ( WBZ NewsRadio) After a year-long search, Boston Public Schools has a new leader. The new schools, she said, would be built alongor on top of, it wasnt exactly clearthe Emerald Necklace, the winding park running through central Boston. Concerned parents want to know how dangerous it is inside the walls of Boston schools. And now I know its for getting us through this pandemic. Her confidence, and her self-belief, paid off. GRADE 3 READING Virginia Department of Education Home. Dr. Cassellius wrote she will transition out of her role as superintendent at the end of the 2021/2022 school year. Was it the pandemic, which stalled Casselliuss agenda and turned her job into mission impossible? That left Brenda Cassellius as the default candidate and the darling of the teachers union. They love her.. 2017 columns, Charter schools, Columns (J. Nathan), Dual HS/College Credit, PSEO / Throughout her tenure as superintendent, Cassellius has seemed happiestand told her colleagues shes happiestwhen she is in schools and with children. Over the next 40 minutes, as we tour the facility, she amiably talks to a janitor, a secretary, two assistant principals, and a security guardwhile also dancing, leaping between social-distancing markers on the floor, and, on the playground, jumping down a hopscotch court. In July 2020, they wrote Cassellius a letterwhich was leaked to the Boston Globeexcoriating her redesign proposal as a top-down exercise in poor planning that is divorced from any authentic analysis of data, lacks major details that must be thought through prior to implementation, [and] ignores years of studies about BPS high schools and the complex issues they face.. Santoro: This is for both of you has her response to the pandemic been welcomed? For some reason, I just felt like I was supposed to be here in Boston, she told me. And thats a good thingright? By winter of the 20192020 school year, concern over Casselliuss leadership had extended beyond the central office and reached BPSs principalssome of the districts most important employees. It began when the new superintendent came to town. But even if the consequences of the pandemic are not Casselliuss responsibility, the recovery from it will be. I need to come hang out here more often, she says. Kadzis: Well, first of all, I didn't sound very sympathetic the first time. I paused. The swiftness of criticism, she told me, and the willingness to condemn, its something uniquely Boston. The daughter of a young single mother who later became a young single mother herself, Cassellius grew up on food stamps in the projects of Minneapolis and participated in a Head Start program.. This memorial website was created in memory of Brenda D Cassellius-W, 35, born on December 31, 1972 and passed away on April 29, 2008. . In 2021, school districts will face the daunting task of repairing the damage sustained during the pandemicparticularly for low-income children of color who have borne the brunt of the school shutdowns. / CBS Boston. She doesn't have heavy-duty system wide experience. Hi, Wellington. According to a person who spoke with him multiple times in August, the COO said, in colorful language, that Casselliuss teams preparations were so far behind schedule that it would require drastic measures to open school buildings in time. Brenda ignored all of that, a former official says. Both her father's name and her mothers are unknown. Listen Live: Classic and Contemporary Celtic, Listen Live: Cape, Coast and Islands NPR Station, Meg Woolhouse and Peter Kadzis on Morning Edition | Feb. 11, 2022, Boston Globe/Boston Globe via Getty Images, "Wu understands that the next super needs the trust of students, their parents and Boston teachers to really hit the ground running. If she appeared harried outside, coming off her meetings and calls, she is now something much closer to jubilant. Join us. One day in 2004, Johnson walked into Casselliuss office to offer her the biggest promotion of her life. Get all the latest from Sanditon on GBH Passport, How one Brookline studio helps artists with disabilities thrive. Alexi is from Springfield, Massachusetts and attended college at Hofstra University in New York where she majored in journalism and Spanish. Collaborations, School Choice (including dual credit, district & chartered public schools). And that was before the pandemic hit, turning the district and her job upside down. Three months into her first term, Wu will now search for a permanent leader to take over atop the city's public schools at the same time that she is engaged in the process of appointing the Boston Police Department's next commissioner. College campuses increasingly offer time off for mental health, but some are skeptical. If we heard this plan two or three months ago, we may have said, Lets all work toward this, said Shah Family Foundation executive director Ross Wilson, whose organization works closely with BPS, on a podcast the next day. Woolhouse: The pandemic, I think it's been a very rough ride for her. Once we got settled in a classroom at the school, Cassellius told me about her life. We took a look at her responses in multiple interviews with Boston education leaders, her extensive background in education leadership, and her plans for Boston Public Schools, to uncover how she will shape the next generation of Boston's young scholars. She does not seek out people, Bazile says, who are going to push her, interrogate her process, and ask provocative questions., Even more unnerving was the growing sense among BPS staffers that Cassellius herself realized she was in over her head. Cassellius and his partner Jason, as well as her three children, live quietly together. She did not say why she is leaving. Brenda Cassellius, Carlton Jenkins, Equal Opportunity Schools, Higher Ground Academy, Hopkins Public Schools, Minnesota Department of Education, Steve Massey, Zena Stenvik / 0 Comments, http://hometownsource.com/2016/03/09/joe-nathan-column-massive-misunderstanding-or-classic-bait-and-switch/ The following column originally was published by ECM Publications Massive misunderstanding or classic bait and switch By Joe Nathan on March 9, 2016 at 5:27 pm Joe Nathan The Minnesota Department of Education wisely passed on an offer recently that represented, in part, a massive misunderstanding and, in part, a classic bait and switch. []. He had a flawed first search for a superintendent. Cassellius insists she will still be that leader, as long as the city will let her. But its more than that. Enjoying #umich's first #marketing #communication summit with colleagues Eric Anderson and Nick Looney in the beautiful Michigan Union. As this story went to print, Cassellius was preparing for a virtual retreat with the school committee. Previous superintendents had done deep dives into the details of how the district ran. 'Nothing Is Pushing Me Out': Boston Superintendent Brenda Cassellius Says Of Resignation February 8, 2022 / 12:14 PM / CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) -- After three years on the job, Dr. Brenda. 2017 columns / Superintendent Brenda Cassellius: "Working alongside so many people - parents, educators, community and faith leaders, and philanthropic partners - all dedicated to helping our children achieve their dreams has given new meaning to my vision of all hands on deck. I get that. She served as co-anchor of the NBC news program Weekend Today from 2003 to 2007, and hosted the series Campbell Brown on CNN from 2008 to 2010. Henry Santoro: Meg, let's start with you. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Through the early summer, officials had grown concerned that Cassellius and her new leadership team might not be up to the task of managing the pandemic response. The windows open there. Before her aide could object, she was off. Let me cite an example: the surprise closing of the Curley school. Rachel Pearson is a parent advocate and trainer at the PACER Center, a nonprofit that champions youth with disabilities and their families. If you're a human and see this, please ignore it. Cambridge's public school superintendent left last summer, and Boston is now in a similar position. - SEPTEMBER 9: Boston Schools Superintendent Brenda. It's been two very difficult years for schools, as many teachers and school officials are leaving. Briner had been her right-hand woman in Minnesota, serving as chief of staff and then deputy commissioner throughout Casselliuss eight years leading that states Department of Education. She also served as a principal in the states of Minnesota and Georgia. She was named superintendent in May 2019 by then-Mayor Marty Walsh. On January 8, 2020, in his State of the City speech, Walsh called out Cassellius by name, saying she was working hard to give every single student access to high-quality schools., Cassellius says she felt she was flying high, on her way to achieving her vision for a better, fairer BPS. Some zip codes, such as Chinatown, Beacon Hill and West Roxbury will have less exam school seats while other neighborhoods that are typically disadvantaged such as Dorchester and Mattapan, will get more. But it's not the only issue here. It seemed, to some principals, like she was trying to fix the high schools with a magic wand. We had all this wind under our wings, she says. Here's what she said at a press conference the day after announcing Cassellius' departure. Boston Superintendent Brenda Cassellius helped dismiss children at the Nathan Hale Elementary School in Boston after substitute teaching there on Jan. 5, 2022. They cant see how to get it done, and she hasnt shown them the steps along the way.. Brenda Cassellius Salary Details Revealed Brenda Cassellius' compensation is very high as she earns $311,000 every year. She had been sitting in her car for the past 45 minutes, she explains, on a conference call with other big-city superintendents brainstorming ways to reopen schools in the middle of a pandemic. Even with her facemask on, her expression made clear that the episode had been painful. It is tradition for the President to recognize special guests during the State of the Union address each year. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Superintendent Brenda Cassellius held a press conference Tuesday, a day after announcing Cassellius resignation. In-depth news coverage of the Greater Boston Area. Cassellius has come to Lee this morning to check on the work being done inside the cafeteriaa space as wide and tall as a gymnasiumwhere a dozen or so chefs are busily prepping packaged meals and bags of groceries. . Boston Public School Superintendent Brenda Cassellius will walk away with more than $300,000 as part of a separation agreement that she reached last week with the Boston School Committee. That was triggered by parents who had been keeping a close watch, a much closer watch than the city had. Its a very bold vision, she said, to get people to stretch their thinking. Of her big ideas, she said, The good ones stick and the bad ones fall away. Before working with . The district has seen four different people leading the city schools in the last 10 years. In the summer, McChrystal Group, a consultancy that has worked with the mayor at City Hall, began running Casselliuss weekly coronavirus update calls with principals. It has been this way since March, when Cassellius and Mayor Marty Walsh decided to shut down every school in the district. She said her Emerald Necklace concept wasnt a plan but a prop or visioning tool. The trouble, according to interviews with 14 current and former BPS officials who have worked directly with Cassellius, and who spoke anonymously for fear of professional consequences, didnt start with the pandemic. The combination of all of these measures made principals heads spin. This letter is intended to provide information about AYP, Minnesota's waiver request and what an AYP designation may mean for the school their son or daughter attends. There'll be other people considered. In theory, this was a fine idea. What was frustrating, one former official says, was that they were often mutually contradictory. They were also disruptive. "Dr. Cassellius articulated an inspiring, yet practical, vision of how she has been . I want you to run academics for Memphis middle schools, Johnson told Cassellius, assuring her she could handle the job overseeing 31 principals, many of them decades older than her. Then, as a superintendent for the first time, she briefly led a two-school district. AN EDUCATION CAREER Cassellius spent her early career as a single mom. Her mother's name is unknown, as well as her father's. Brenda graduated from high school in Minnesota and went onto the University of Minnesota-Twin City, where she earned a bachelor's psychology degree. On Twitter, Brenda has 9,689 followers on her @bcassellius account. Most recently as Boston Public School Superintendent. Sweet potato fries! Cassellius says, pointing at the calendar. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu unveiled Cassellius's impending departure in February, calling it a "mutual decision" by the mayor, superintendent and Boston School Committee Chair Jeri Robinson. This button displays the currently selected search type. The Boston. But when youre in charge of a school district for more than 50,000 students, being nice isnt enough to prevent us from being honest that shes not getting the job done.. When you are disrupting the status quo with an anti-racist lens, as an African-American woman, you have to think about the motives of why people might be criticizing the ideas and the disruption that Im making so that underserved children can be served better and to create opportunity and access. Or, as Casselliuss remaining supporters contend, is the problem that Bostona city of sharp-elbowed politics and deep skepticism of outsidershas refused to give her a fighting chance? A group of Boston parents has filed a lawsuit against the school committee and Superintendent Brenda Cassellius for what they call a "wholly-irrational" exam school admissions process, which. The problem was the timeline: She wanted it done now, before the new school year began the following month. "Brenda Cassellius is the right choice for the leader of the BPS,'' he said. However, out of public view, their support was wavering. A lot of the most energetic discussion have been around the admissions policies of the city's top three exam schools. But with Brenda, one former official says, word came down that if your presentation was more than a few slides, you would lose her.. The parents of all Boston school children will appreciate the rare candor. Its unclear if Wu approved of the column but it could be viewed as a little shot at the mayor and school committee. In October, school committee members voted to suspend for one year the use of an admissions test for Bostons three elite schools Boston Latin School, Boston Latin Academy and the John D. OBryant School of Mathematics and Science. Bcassellius account one former official says the Dual High School/College Credit page the details of how she one! 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