BREAKING: Bott confirmed as next Superintendent

Brookline’s Superintendent Andrew Bott spent 14 years working the Boston Public Schools before moving to the Brookline Public Schools in 2014. Louie Goldsmith/Sagamore Staff

Louie Goldsmith, Opinions Editor
March 17, 2016

The School Committee unanimously voted to confirm Lincoln School Principal Andrew Bott as the next Superintendent on March 17, pending successful contract negotiations. The 9-0 vote occurred two weeks after a straw-poll vote, during which Bott received six votes, Bedford Superintendent Jon Sills received one vote and two members did not disclose a preference. Sills has since withdrawn his candidacy.

Before the vote, school committee members referred to Bott as a “visionary educational leader,” “problem solver” and as having “documented success hiring and maintaining staff of color.”