A message from Superintendent Broadrick:

Last week, our interim business administrator, Matt Angell, unexpectedly took a leave of absence from the SAU 6 office. While I was out of state for a preplanned vacation when this happened, I reached out to him as soon as I found out. Mr. Angell has decided that he wishes for us to find a permanent business administrator sooner rather than later, and he is ending his interim engagement with Claremont.

As you know, Mr. Angell came out of retirement with the idea that he would help Claremont to do some difficult, critically important work during a time of crisis in a temporary role. In doing so, he became a stabilizing force during the school district’s darkest hours.

While I had already started to try to staff the business office with permanent employees, Matt’s decision to leave has increased that urgency to bring in qualified people. I have been informally speaking with experienced business administrator candidates, and we have a realistic chance to fill his role quickly.

On Monday, a new staff bookkeeping clerk will be starting work full-time.  We contracted with an experienced school business official who will be training staff in the federal grant reimbursement process, a critical need for this district. And next week, we have a second interview with a finalist to take over for Finance Director Laurie Mowrey, who retired at the end of June.  

My objective is to fully staff the district business office by the end of August, and I believe we are well on our way to doing so.

Despite the timing of his decision, I am grateful to Matt Angell for the difficult, thankless work he performed here in Claremont.  He should have the entire community’s undying gratitude.