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Manchester School Superintendent Gets Contract Extension

Via the Manchester School District website
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mansd.org

The Manchester school board has extended the contract of superintendent Bolgen Vargas.

Vargas took over the leadership of the state’s largest school district just over a year ago, at a time when Manchester schools were facing a budget shortfall and a long term decline in enrollment.

But School Board member Leslie Want says so far he’s handled the challenges well.

“He has a tremendous sense of urgency that we’ve not had in the district for a long time. He’s just not satisfied with the status quo or with putting out the daily fires.”

The board voted 9-4 to extend Vargas’ contract through June of 2019.

Jason Moon is a senior reporter and producer on the Document team. He has created longform narrative podcast series on topics ranging from unsolved murders, to presidential elections, to secret lists of police officers.
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