Malone won’t apply for Lynn superintendent job

LYNN – With less than a week to go before the deadline to submit resumes for the open Lynn Public School Superintendent position, one rumored candidate has denied interest in the job and says he is not one of the four people that have applied.
Swampscott Superintendent Matthew Malone told the Item Tuesday that he has not applied for, and has no interest in the position, despite rumors that he would submit his resume this month.
“I did not apply for the Lynn Public Schools position, and I will not be applying for the Lynn Public Schools position,” he said. “But I do wish the Lynn Public Schools well in their search.”
Malone, who has already announced that he will not return to Swampscott when his contract expires this summer, has recently been a finalist for superintendent jobs in both Springfield and Worcester and initially left the possibility of applying for the Lynn job open.
Many in Lynn speculated that Malone’s desire to return to an urban school district would naturally attract him across the border, but the former assistant superintendent of San Diego Public Schools says he isn’t sure where he is headed next, but it won’t be to Lynn.
“The only thing I know for sure is if I’m not a superintendent next year I will working with my brother-in-law as a lobsterman at the town pier,” he said. “I like to work hard.”
Malone did say that he was exploring other positions, but declined to say where and what positions those were. He also declined to comment on why he was not interested in the Lynn job.
With Superintendent Nicholas Kostan quickly approaching his early-January retirement, the School Committee is awaiting the Dec. 1 deadline to submit resumes.
If the level of interest remains small – the district had only received four applications as of Nov. 21 – the School Committee will most likely schedule an interview for every candidate. If a flurry of resumes roll in after the Thanksgiving break, the district will set up a screening committee to narrow the candidates down to the top four or five.