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New superintendent for Winthrop school system

WINTHROP — The Winthrop School Committee has hired an Augusta woman with extensive experience in school administration as interim superintendent next year as the district’s embattled leader prepares to depart amid claims that he created a hostile work environment for the staff. Cornelia “Connie” Brown, whose background includes a doctorate in educational leadership and nearly […]

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Winthrop council signals ‘no confidence’ in school board after complaints about superintendent

A majority of the Winthrop Town Council has lost confidence in the town’s school board, a position that comes less than a week after the board’s decision to allow departing Superintendent Gary Rosenthal to serve out the rest of the school year despite concern among teachers and the staff that he has created a hostile work environment. […]

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Embattled Winthrop superintendent resigns

WINTHROP — The embattled superintendent of the Winthrop School Department announced his resignation Friday effective at the end of the school year, but one town official accused Gary Rosenthal of making his announcement to avert a vote of no-confidence that school employees were planning to hold later in the day. In an interview, Rosenthal denied […]