Office of the Superintendent: Paul B. Ash, Ph. D.

De. Ash. took over leadership of the Lexington Public Schools as the Superintendent of Schools on July 1, 2005.A short biography of Paul B. Ash, Ph D..
NEW! Superintendent's Opening-Day Address (presented August, 2010)

Past Issues from the Superintendent's "Our Schools" Information Series

  • Our Schools: LABBB - May 19, 2011
  • Our Schools: Why Create a Learning System? - September 26, 2010
  • Our Schools: Reforming Our Schools - July 1, 2010
  • Our Schools: Youth Risk Behavior Survey, May 13, 2010
  • Our Schools: Facilities, February 25, 2010
  • Our Schools: A Visit to Hastings, January 4, 2010
  • Our Schools: Meeting Our Capital Needs, October 29, 2009
  • Our Schools: Mentoring, October 8, 2009
  • Our Schools: Collaboration is the Answer, September 17, 2009
  • Our Schools: Closing the Achievement Gap, May 15, 2009
  • Our Schools: Building a Data Culture to Inform Instruction, February 9, 2009
  • Our Schools: Budget, January 22,2009
  • Our Schools:Curriculum Program Review, January 15,2009
  • Our Schools: Rethinking Instruction - December 18, 2008
  • Our Schools: LEF's 20 Years of Partnership - December 4, 2008
  • Our Schools: LHS -- November 15, 2008
  • Our Schools: School Initiatives -- November 8, 2008
  • Our Schools: Today's Schools -- October 9, 2008
  • Our Schools: Bowman Sister School and Sagam, Kenya -- September 25, 2008
  • Our Schools: Our Town! -- September11, 2008
  • Our Schools: Back to School! -- August 28, 2008
  • Our Schools: Summer -- June 16, 2008
  • Our Schools: Youth Risk Survey -- May 28, 2008
  • Our Schools: NEASC Accreditation Visit --April 25, 2008
  • Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion of All Children --April 3, 2008
  • High Quality Extended Day Programs for Our Children-- March 20, 2008
  • Efforts to Close the Achievement Gap Helps All Students -- March 4, 2008
  • Full Day Kindergarten - February 13, 2008
  • Our Schools: Students Strengthen the Community - January 25, 2008
  • Our Schools: Creating a World Class Education in Lexington - January 7, 2008
  • "Our Schools: Co-Curricular Activities - December 13, 2007
  • "Our Schools: Professional Learning Communities - November 15, 2007
  • "Our Schools: New K-5 Leaders-- November 8, 2007
  • "Our Schools: Director of Facilities -- October 18, 2007
  • "Our Schools: Future of Student Services -- October 5, 2007
  • "Our Schools: The Impact on the Middle Schools --May 24, 2007
    by Steven Flynn, Ph.D., Principal, Clarke Middle School and Joanne Hennessy, Principal, Diamond Middle School

  • "Our Schools: The Impact on LHS --May 18, 2007 by Michael Jones, Ph.D., Principal
  • "Our Schools: Benchmarking Our Schools --May 3, 2007
  • "Our Schools": Voices from David Crump, Retiring Harrington School Principal
    and Barbara Manfredi, Retiring Bridge School Principal -- April 26, 2007

  • "Our Schools": The Impact of Special Education on School Budgets -- April 9, 2007
  • "Our Schools": Building a Plan for Learning: Our Schools' 2008 Capital Plan -- March 29, 2007
  • "Our Schools": What Makes a Good School? -- March 22, 2007
  • "Our Schools": Shaping a Vision for Our Schools: Your Turn -- March 8, 2007
  • "Our Schools": Energy: A Priority for Our Schools -- March 1, 2007
  • "Our Schools": Impact of Budgets -- February 15, 2007
  • "Our Schools": Personnel -- February 8, 2007
  • "Our Schools" -- January 25, 2007