Town Government
Winchendon School Committee & Superintendent
The Superintendent
Charlotte King
About 1,127 students start their day in this district, and one person answers for all of it. Charlotte King leads Winchendon Public Schools, proposing the school budget, setting academic priorities, and running the district’s six schools day to day from the district office at 175 Grove Street. The Superintendent is hired by and reports to the elected School Committee, which evaluates her 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. At the May 18, 2026 Annual Town Meeting that room passed the FY27 school budget 226 to 121.
| Role | Superintendent of Schools |
|---|---|
| Phone | 978-297-0031 |
| Website | winchendonk12.org |
The School Committee
The Winchendon School Committee has five members, all elected town-wide to staggered three-year terms. Winchendon is a single-town district, so all five answer to Winchendon voters and nobody else. The committee sets district policy, approves the school budget, and hires and evaluates the Superintendent. Its recent history is a lesson in what a handful of ballots can do: at the May 2024 town election nobody’s name was printed on the ballot for the two open three-year seats, and Mike Barbaro and David Iannacone won them on write-in votes, 47 and 35. Barbaro now chairs the committee. A few dozen neighbors writing a name by hand seated the people who oversee the schools.
Mike Barbaro
David Iannacone
Greg Vine
Alissa Campbell
Yvonne Senecal
The committee posts its roster and term dates on the town’s own School Committee page, with member emails on the district site at winchendonk12.org.
The District at a Glance
- Enrollment: 1,127 students, PreK through 12.
- Schools: six, including Murdock High School and Toy Town Elementary.
- Graduation rate: 70.7%.
- State data: DESE profile (code 03430000).
Meetings & Participation
- When: 6 pm on the first and third Thursday of each month, at Town Hall, 109 Front Street.
- Public comment: meetings are public, which means a Winchendon student who shows up can speak. Check the agenda for the procedure.
- Watch: meetings are recorded and re-broadcast on Winchendon TV, the town’s community access channel.
- Agendas: posted in advance on the town’s Agenda Center, and you can sign up for an alert when one is posted or changed.
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