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School Committee Appoints New Attorney, Starts Search for Principal

Foxborough School Committee approved the hiring of Daniel Brown, of Feeley and Brown, as the school district's new legal representation.

One search is over, while another is just beginning. 

The Foxborough School Committee approved the hiring of Daniel Brown, of Feeley and Brown, as the school district's new legal representation, during its meeting Monday night. Brown replaces Michael Loughran, who served as the district's attorney for 15 years.

"We just want to state that this was purely a business decision," said Superintendent Debra Spinelli, about the district's decision to retain Brown's legal expertise offer.

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"Michael served Foxborough well for 15 years," she said. Brown and his firm was selected out of six applicants, which responded to the district's RFP (request for proposals). Of the six, three were interviewed and "Brown's packet floated to the top," said Beverly Lord, school committee member.

Brown has over 10 years of experience representing school committees and municipal employers in all aspects of school, labor and employment law. He holds a law degree from Suffolk University and a bachelor's degree in history/political science from Worcester State College.

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"He came to us highly recommended," Spinelli said. "We checked references and everyone I asked gave him a five out of a five. One person insisted on giving him a 10."

The school committee also approved appointing committee members Katie Adair and Martha Slattery to the school committee's subcommittee, which has been tasked to find a replacement principal for Foxborough High School. Current principal, Jeffrey Theodoss, will be leaving at the end of the school year. He announced his retirement over the summer. Although Theodoss was eligible to retire in the fall, former superintendent Christopher Martes agreed to an addendum to his contract, allowing Theodoss to continue his work on the school's accreditation and to see the project through to the end as allowed under state teacher retirement rules.

The New England Association of Schools and Colleges will be visiting FHS in March as part of the school’s 10-year re-accreditation process. Theodoss' position has been advertised on online job search engines and will also be posted in the Boston Globe.

"We want to make sure this is widely seen," Spinelli said.

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