Marie Doyle
Superintendent of Longmeadow Public Schools
Marie Doyle loves working in education and currently serves as the Superintendent of Longmeadow Public Schools. She believes that this is an important role, taking seriously the immense responsibility of helping all children succeed.  Marie's office is currently located in Longmeadow where she has direct access to kindergarteners and first graders as well as fabulous teachers.  Marie believes that all children can succeed. In addition, she encourages professional learning communities where teachers and administrators use assessments to drive instruction and meet the needs of individual students.  Marie Doyle is committed to providing a strong staff development program to support teachers as life long learners.  She has addressed these needs through internal and external programs.

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Letter from Marie Doyle's Administration Team when at Carlisle Public Schools

Marie Doyle is truly a leader in education, and her vision is demonstrated in part through the following:

• Emphasis on 21st century skills through the development of a world language program for grades K-8; the addition of Chinese language to the middle school curriculum; integrated technology in all curriculum

 Development of highly successful, self-funded enrichment programs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM);

• Advancement of technology through procurement of equipment including mobile laptops carts and multiple electronic whiteboards with both public and private funds, and strong integration of technology into the curriculum

• Undertaking extensive reviews of the language arts and mathematics programs;

 Successful spearheading of the ongoing MSBA building project (one of only 11 proposals moved forward to schematic design out of over 400 proposals) to provide a new school building for the district;

 Establishment of excellent working relationships with MSBA, town boards, local and state officials, and parent groups.

 Successful in closing the achievement gap though effective scheduling, rigorous curriculum,  support programs and affinity groups

 Creation of expansive staff development programs that include Primary Source, EDCO, teachers teaching teachers, collaboration with neighboring communities to provide top staff developers cost effectively

 Completion of effective budgeting to garner needed supplies for teachers and students through working closely with Town Boards and community groups


Many of these are accomplishments are unique to her tenure. However, the most important thing to know about Marie Doyle is that in her view of education, the student always comes first and all programmatic decisions are evaluated and made with staff in the best interest of students.

Patrice Hurley
Carlisle Elementary Principal
Joyce Mehaffey
Carlisle Middle School Principal
Karen Slack
Director of Student Support Services
Heidi Zimmerman
Business Manager
David Flannery
Facilities Manager