Town Government
School Committee & Superintendent
The Superintendent
Paul Teixeira
About 137 students start their day in this district, and one person answers for all of it. Paul Teixeira is the Superintendent of the Provincetown school district, proposing the school budget, setting academic priorities, and running the town’s school day to day. The Superintendent is hired by and reports to the elected School Committee, which evaluates him 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 | Provincetown (single-town district), 137 students in one school |
| Website | provincetown-ma.gov |
The School Committee
The Provincetown School Committee has five members, all elected town-wide to staggered three-year terms. Provincetown is a single-town district, so all five answer to Provincetown voters and nobody else. The committee sets district policy, approves the school budget, and hires and evaluates the Superintendent. Its meetings run through the school year, with agendas posted in advance in the town’s meeting portal, and they are public, which means a Provincetown student who shows up can speak.
Matthew Gunn
Terese Nelson
Ngina Lythcott
Stephanie Cave
Chelsea Crowe
The committee’s agendas and contact details are posted at provincetown-ma.gov, and the district notes that emails to and from the committee are part of the public record.
The District at a Glance
- Enrollment: 137 students in the town’s public school.
- Schools: one, the Provincetown school (district code 02420000).
- District: single-town, so every seat on the committee answers to Provincetown voters.
- State data: DESE profile (code 02420000).
Meetings & Participation
- When: through the school year, with agendas posted in advance in the town’s meeting portal.
- Public comment: the committee welcomes community members to speak on matters within its purview. Check the agenda for the procedure.
- Watch: meetings are carried by Provincetown Community Television and streamed and archived online.
- Agendas: posted to the town’s Agenda Center ahead of each meeting, and you can sign up for an alert when one is posted or changed.
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