Town Government
Abington School Committee & Superintendent
The Superintendent
Felicia Moschella, Ph.D.
About 2,132 students start their day in this district, and one person answers for all of it. Felicia Moschella leads Abington Public Schools from the Charles M. Frolio building at 1071 Washington Street, proposing the school budget, setting academic priorities, and running five schools day to day. The Superintendent is hired by and reports to the elected School Committee, which evaluates the office against goals it publishes and votes on. Note what this means for the money: the school budget is the one large piece of town spending the Town Manager does not build. It comes from the Superintendent to the School Committee, and then to the same Town Meeting that votes everything else.
| Role | Superintendent of Schools |
|---|---|
| District office | 1071 Washington Street, Abington, MA 02351 |
| Phone | 781-982-2150 |
| Website | abingtonps.org |
The School Committee
Charter section 3-5 sets the Abington School Committee at five members, elected town-wide to staggered three-year terms. Abington is a single-town district, so all five answer to Abington voters and nobody else. The committee sets district policy, approves the school budget, and hires and evaluates the Superintendent. It publishes its own officers, and it titles them Committee Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary. Meetings are held monthly on Tuesday evenings during the school year in the Library and Media Center at the Middle and High School, and they are public, which means an Abington student who shows up can speak.
Melanie Whitney
Pamela Neely
Heidi Hernandez
Christopher Coyle
Caroline Ellis
The district publishes an address for each member on its own School Committee page, and emails to and from a public body are part of the public record.
The District at a Glance
- Enrollment: 2,132 students, PreK through 12.
- Schools: five, including Abington High.
- Graduation rate: 91.2%.
- State data: DESE profile (code 00010000).
Meetings & Participation
- When: monthly on Tuesday evenings at 6:30 p.m. during the school year, in the Library and Media Center at the Abington Middle and High School, unless the committee posts otherwise.
- Public comment: the committee encourages residents to attend, and it publishes its meeting dates for the whole school year in advance.
- Watch: meetings are recorded and posted by Abington Community Access Media.
- Agendas: posted on the district’s own School Committee page, with an archive of prior years and the committee’s policy manual alongside them.
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