The school committee of South Shore Vo-Tech has unanimously voted to appoint acting superintendent Chuck Homer as the school’s superintendent for the coming school year. “He’s just done a really good job this whole entire year,” said Vo-Tech school committee chairman Jim Rodick, of Hanson. “He’s been great with the school committee. We can sense that the morale in the school has gone up.” Homer will replace former superintendent John Kosko, who retired in March after taking a leave of absence due to an illness earlier in the school year. Homer, who holds a CAGS from Fitchburg State College, graduated from a vocational high school — Southeastern Regional in Easton — as a carpentry student in 1972. Rodick said the committee met with a representative from the Massachusetts Association of School Committees earlier this year, who said that the applicant pool for superintendents in this area was not very large and if they already had someone working in the position who was doing well, it might be better just to offer that person the job. “We thought, we’ll give Chuck a shot at it,” Rodick said. He added that Homer has done a great job this year from budgeting to building up school spirit. “The teachers like him, the students like him,” Rodick said. Homer, who has worked at the school for nine years, will be on probation in the new position for one year. Rodick said Homer was “overwhelmed” by the job offer and seemed to be taken by surprise ...
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The school committee of South Shore Vo-Tech has unanimously voted to appoint acting superintendent Chuck Homer as the school’s superintendent for the coming school year. “He’s just done a really good job this whole entire year,” said Vo-Tech school committee chairman Jim Rodick, of Hanson. “He’s been great with the school committee. We can sense that the morale in the school has gone up.” Homer will replace former superintendent John Kosko, who retired in March after taking a leave of absence due to an illness earlier in the school year. Homer, who holds a CAGS from Fitchburg State College, graduated from a vocational high school — Southeastern Regional in Easton — as a carpentry student in 1972. Rodick said the committee met with a representative from the Massachusetts Association of School Committees earlier this year, who said that the applicant pool for superintendents in this area was not very large and if they already had someone working in the position who was doing well, it might be better just to offer that person the job. “We thought, we’ll give Chuck a shot at it,” Rodick said. He added that Homer has done a great job this year from budgeting to building up school spirit. “The teachers like him, the students like him,” Rodick said. Homer, who has worked at the school for nine years, will be on probation in the new position for one year. Rodick said Homer was “overwhelmed” by the job offer and seemed to be taken by surprise ...