Town Government
Rockland School Committee & Superintendent
The Superintendent
Jane Hackett
About 2,124 students start their day in Rockland’s four schools, and one person answers for all of it. Jane Hackett leads Rockland Public Schools, proposing the school budget, setting academic priorities, and running the district day to day. The Superintendent is hired by and reports to the elected School Committee, which evaluates her work. Because Rockland runs its own single-town district, that committee is elected by Rockland voters alone, which is a shorter line between a student’s classroom and a ballot than most Massachusetts towns have.
| Role | Superintendent of Schools |
|---|---|
| District office | 34 MacKinlay Way, Rockland, MA 02370 |
| Phone | 781-878-3893 |
| Website | rocklandschools.org |
The School Committee
The Rockland School Committee has five members serving staggered three-year terms, elected town-wide alongside every other town office in April. The committee sets district policy, approves the school budget, and hires and evaluates the Superintendent who runs the schools day to day. After each annual election it reorganizes and elects its own Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary, and the vote is taken in open session where anyone can watch it happen.
Jill Maroney
Jaime M. Hennessey
Emily Davidson
Michele Bissonnette
Melissa Mauro-Small
The District at a Glance
- Enrollment: 2,124 students, PreK through 12.
- Schools: four, including Rockland Senior High.
- Graduation rate: 85.3%.
- State data: DESE profile (code 02510000).
Meetings & Participation
- When: on evenings posted in advance in the town’s Agenda Center, with agendas and approved minutes filed there.
- Public comment: residents may address the committee with the chair’s permission. Check the agenda for sign-up details.
- Watch: WRPS, the district’s own television and radio service, carries School Committee meetings on its government access channel.
- Subcommittees: much of the detailed work on budget, policy and collective bargaining happens in subcommittees the committee assigns itself at reorganization.
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