Town Government
Braintree School Committee & Superintendent
The Superintendent
Tim MacDonald
About 5,000 Braintree students start their day in this district, and one person answers for all of it. Tim MacDonald leads Braintree Public Schools as Superintendent. He runs a system of nine schools, proposes the school budget, sets academic priorities, and answers to the elected School Committee. MacDonald was already a familiar face inside the Braintree schools when the committee chose him for the top job. The Superintendent is hired by and reports to the School Committee, which makes that elected board the public’s lever over the schools.
| Role | Superintendent of Schools |
|---|---|
| District office | 348 Pond Street, Braintree, MA 02184 |
| Phone | 781-380-0130 |
| Website | braintreeschools.org |
The School Committee
Braintree’s School Committee has seven seats: six members elected by Braintree voters, plus the Mayor, who sits as an ex-officio member under the town charter. The committee elects its own chair from among the elected members, currently Justin A. Rollo. The committee sets district policy, approves the school budget, and hires and evaluates the Superintendent who runs the schools day to day.
Justin A. Rollo
Marc A. Kurzberg
Joseph M. Fogarty
Stacy Drake Donohoe
Kathleen Dryer Tuffy
Rachel E. Ann Horak
Erin V. Joyce
The District at a Glance
- Enrollment: 5,058 students, PreK through 12.
- Schools: nine, including Braintree High School.
- Graduation: about 95.5% of the 2025 four-year cohort earned a diploma.
- State data: DESE profile (code 00400000).
Meetings & Participation
- When: the committee meets at the Colbert Administration Building, 348 Pond Street, at 6:30 p.m., and agendas are posted on the district website.
- Public comment: residents may address the committee with the chair’s permission. Check the agenda for sign-up details.
- Watch: meetings are carried on Braintree Community Access and Media.
What this seat decides
Your schools
School Committee. Start times, the school calendar, bus routes and stops, the phone policy, athletics and activity fees, and the policies in the student handbook. It sets district policy, and the total it can spend is appropriated by the Town Council, in the budget the Mayor proposes.
Your principal and your superintendent. The principal for how a school rule works day to day in your building. The superintendent for how the whole district runs. The School Committee selects the superintendent, and the superintendent appoints the principals, so a question about any other staff member goes to the district, not to the board.
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Sources
- Schools and districts: Massachusetts DESE, 4-Year Graduation Rate (2025), as of June 30, 2025.
- Schools and districts: Massachusetts DESE, district profile, Enrollment Data (2025-26), as of October 1, 2025.
- Schools and districts: Massachusetts DESE, district profile, general, as of October 1, 2025.
- Town records: Town of Braintree, School Committee, as of January 28, 2026.
- Town Clerk records: Town of Braintree, Town Elected Officials 2026-2027, as of January 28, 2026.
- School district records: Braintree Public Schools, School Committee Meetings, 2025-2026, as of September 14, 2026.