LYNN — Contract negotiations are underway between school officials and the city’s next superintendent of schools.
An offer was made to Deputy Superintendent Dr. Patrick Tutwiler at last Thursday’s School Committee meeting. The offer, including salary information, was not made public.
The School Committee unanimously selected Tutwiler last month following an extensive search.
Tutwiler is replacing Superintendent Catherine C. Latham, who is retiring at the end of the school year. His expected start date is Aug. 1.
Tutwiler, a Chicago native and Andover resident, has been deputy superintendent of the Lynn Public Schools for nearly three years.
He previously spent two years as headmaster of Brighton High School and six years as principal of Wayland High School. His 18-year career in teaching and administration began in 2000 with a four-year stint as a history teacher in Brighton.
Tutwiler grew up in Champaign, Ill., and lived in Texas for five years while his mother earned a doctorate from the University of Texas. He spent his high school years in St. Paul, Minn.
He settled in Massachusetts in college, first earning his bachelor’s degree at College of the Holy Cross, where he played basketball, then a master’s in education from Harvard University. He has a doctorate of philosophy in curriculum and instruction from Boston College.
