Framingham Public Schools has named a permanent principal at the Brophy School
FRAMINGHAM — Jessica Mandes is the new principal at the Brophy Elementary School.
On Monday, Superintendent of Schools Robert Tremblay announced that he has appointed Mandes, who has served as interim principal at Brophy since the beginning of the school year.
She replaces Frank Rothwell, who left last spring after serving as Brophy's principal for 12 years.
“This appointment will ensure as much consistency as possible for the Brophy community,” Tremblay said in a statement. “I continue to be impressed by Ms. Mandes’ leadership, presence throughout the school, fluency in Spanish which assists in directly supporting our Dual Language programming and Brophy families, and her hands-on approach as a school leader which I had the opportunity to observe, firsthand, during my weeklong residency."
Mandes has been with Framingham Public Schools since 2020. Prior to coming to Brophy, she was a vice principal at the Barbieri Elementary School.
Mandes has previously taught in Florida and has been teaching for 11 years. She holds a master's degree in organizational management and an administrator's license through the Urban Principals Development Program.
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Mandes also founded a leadership development program for at-risk students called 3D Boys and is board member of the Worcester Latino Dollars for Scholars.
Since coming to Framingham, she worked with the dual language Spanish program and is a native Spanish speaker.
“I have full confidence that Ms. Mandes will continue to lead Brophy Elementary School in a way that places the student experience at the center of every decision, consistent with our district-wide efforts to ensure that every student feels a sense of belonging in their school community," Tremblay said in the statement.
Brophy Elementary School is at 575 Pleasant St. It serves grades K-5.
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