Lewis hired as assistant superintendent for Lincoln schools

Torrance Lewis, who has been principal of the Baker (K-8) School in Brookline since 2019, will become Assistant Superintendent of the Lincoln Public School District beginning July 15 after the School Committee approved the appointment recommended by incoming Superintendent Parry Graham on June 29.

Lewis has more than 23 years of experience in middle-level learning, elementary education, K-8 schools, and educational leadership. He was an assistant principal in both Belmont and Nantucket public schools, and he has been a teacher and program coordinator in multiple schools in Massachusetts, Georgia, and Brazil (where he had the opportunity to work directly with military families).

“Torrance’s references described him over and over as a strategic and creative thinker; as someone who builds relationships with students, staff, and families; as someone who is visible both in schools and in the community; and as someone who is committed to AIDE work,” Graham said in a July 5 communication.

Lewis was one of three finalists for the job (the others were Laryssa Doherty, Assistant Superintendent of Diversity, Equity, and Engagement in the Malden Public Schools, and Sara Hosmer, a K-5 principal in the Randolph Public Schools). He will succeed Assistant Superintendent Jessica Rose, who left for a role as education senior program officer at the Barr Foundation.