Incoming Luce Principal Selected
Dear Luce Community,
After a thorough search and rigorous interview process, I am pleased to announce Yeshi Gaskin Lamour as the next Principal of the Dean S. Luce Elementary School.
I encourage you to review Mrs. Lamour's bio below so that you see the high-quality educator coming to our school system.
Also, I would like to thank members of the Search Committee and Ms. Kinsella, Assistant Superintendent, for the superb work that led to this outstanding appointment.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Fischer-Mueller, Ed.D.
Superintendent
For Mrs. Lamour's resume, click here.
Yeshi Gaskin Lamour
Incoming Principal,
Dean S. Luce Elementary School
Mrs. Lamour served most recently as Principal of the Holmes Innovation School in the Boston Public Schools for the past six years. Her prior experience includes six years as a teacher in fully-inclusive classrooms in the second and fourth grades, teacher leader, Coordinator of Special Education and Student Support, and math teacher in grades 11 and 12.
Mrs. Lamour earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Management from Lesley University and her Master of Education degree in Urban Elementary and Special Education from Boston College, where she was a recipient of the Donovan Urban Teaching Scholar award. She has completed both the Principal Residency Network in advanced school leadership at Northeastern University and the Lynch Leadership Academy at Boston College. Mrs. Lamour is an alumna of the Boston Latin School.
In her downtime, Mrs. Lamour is an avid snowboarder, reader of realistic fiction, and world traveler. She resides in Canton.
Canton Public Schools developed a candidate profile for the Luce Principal search after consulting with staff, families, and students. The profile identifies the major themes that ermerged from these stakeholder groups around the skills, qualities, and experience most imortant in a successful candidate.
To read the Candidate Profile developed from family and staff input, click here.
Community involvement in the process
Conversations
The Luce parent/guardian community and the Luce staff each participated in two discussions with Search Commitee Co-Chairs Superntedent Fischer-Mueller and Assistant Superintendent Kinsella. The conversations were focused on soliciting input about the skills and experiences most desired in the next Luce Principal.
Survey
In addition, a survey was open to all Luce staff and families to share their thoughts about what was needed most in a new Principal. Results from both the conversations and the survey are informing a candidate profile that will guide the Search Committee's review of applications.
Search Committee
Three members of the Luce parent/guardian community and six Luce staff members have joined the Search Committee.
Superintendent: Jennifer Fischer-Mueller, Co-Chair
Assistant Superintendent: Patricia Kinsella, Co-Chair
School Committee Member: Mike Loughran
Elementary Principal: Christine McMahon, JFK School
Rodman EC Coordinator: Donna Kilday
Luce Team Chair/Administrator: Allie Hoff
Luce Unit A Members: Susan McManus, Garrett Clancy, Natalie Fabbiano, Heather Lazaro
Luce Unit E Member: Chris Untersee, Educational Assistant
Luce Parents/Guardians:
Melanie Greitzer, Sara Marshall, Joanna Brown
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