L-S hires Stephens as new superintendent/principal

The Lincoln-Sudbury Regional District has appointed Dr. Andrew Stephens as the new Superintendent/Principal of Schools. Stephens had been prinicpal of Lexington high School since 2017. 

Prior to that he spent 10 years as Principal of Duxbury High School and four years heading Hull High School.  He began his career as a history teacher in Vermont before returning to Massachusetts, where he taught for three years at Newton North High School spent another three as an assistant housemaster. Stephens is a graduate of Colgate University ,where he obtained a B.A. in history, and Johnson State College in Vermont, where he got his master’s degree in education. He also holds a Certificate of Advanced Educational Studies from Boston College and an Ed.D. from Northeastern.   

“We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Stephens to the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional District,” Heather Cowap, chair of the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional School Committee, said in a statement. “His extensive experience and impressive educational background make him an excellent choice to lead our district.”

“I am honored to have been selected as the next superintendent/principal of the Lincoln Sudbury Regional District,” Dr. Stephens said in the statement. “I am looking forward to working with the dedicated educators, staff, students and families to build upon the foundation of excellence which departing Superintendent/Principal Bella Wong leaves behind.”

Stephens will start work at L-S on July 1. The other finalists were Jamie Chisum, principal of Wellesley High School, and Allyson Mizoguchi, principal of Wayland High School.