Town Government
Southborough School Committee & Superintendent
The Superintendent
Gregory Martineau
About 1,323 students start their day in Southborough’s public schools, and they share a superintendent with the neighboring town of Northborough. Gregory Martineau has led the Public Schools of Northborough and Southborough since 2019, a combined system that runs Southborough’s K-8 schools, Northborough’s K-8 schools, and the regional district that runs the high school the two towns share. He proposes the school budgets, sets academic priorities, and manages the schools day to day. The Superintendent is hired by and reports to the elected school committees, which carry out an annual evaluation, so because the schools are shared he answers to more than one committee at once.
| Role | Superintendent of Schools |
|---|---|
| District office | 53 Parkerville Road, Southborough, MA 01772 |
| Phone | 508-486-5115 |
| Website | nsboro.k12.ma.us |
The Southborough School Committee
Southborough votes for two separate school committees, and this is the local one. The Southborough School Committee has five members, elected town-wide to staggered three-year terms, and it governs the town’s own K-8 schools. It sets policy for those schools, approves their budget, and takes part in hiring and evaluating the Superintendent. It meets at 6:30 pm on the second Wednesday of the month in the P. Brent Trottier Middle School Library, 49 Parkerville Road, and the meetings are public, which means a Southborough student who shows up can speak. In May 2026 the voters returned Chelsea Malinowski and elected Kelly A. Conklin to the two open seats.
Chelsea Malinowski
Laura Kauffmann
Kelly A. Conklin
Roger W. Challen
Alan Zulick
The Regional School Committee
The high school is shared. Algonquin Regional High School, at 79 Bartlett Street in Northborough, is run by the Northborough-Southborough Regional School Committee, a body of ten members: five elected by Southborough and five by Northborough. Southborough’s own ballot fills its five seats, and in May 2026 the town elected Denise Jean Eddy and John Francis Wysocki to the two Southborough seats that were up. Across the full committee the current officers are Joan G. Frank as Chair, Christopher Lacasse as Vice Chair, and Kathleen M. Howland as Secretary. The regional committee meets at 6:30 pm on the third Wednesday of the month in the Algonquin Regional High School Library.
The District at a Glance
- K-8 enrollment: about 1,323 students.
- Southborough schools: four, the Woodward, Finn, and Neary elementary schools and Trottier Middle School.
- High school: Algonquin Regional, shared with Northborough.
- State data: DESE profile (code 02760000).
Meetings & Participation
- When: the Southborough committee meets the second Wednesday of the month at Trottier Middle School; the regional committee meets the third Wednesday at Algonquin Regional High School.
- Public comment: residents may address either committee. Check the agenda for sign-up details.
- Watch & read: agendas, packets, and minutes are posted on the district website.
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