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Due to the forecast of heavy snow for Wednesday, March 21, Superintendent Finalist Ana C. Riley’s visit on March 21 to New Bedford Public Schools will be rescheduled to a new date, to be announced shortly.
Ana C. Riley currently serves as the superintendent of schools in Portsmouth, R.I., a position she has held since 2014. Before serving as superintendent in Portsmouth, she was the superintendent of Dartmouth Public Schools from 2011-2014 after serving as assistant superintendent of Dartmouth Public Schools from 2008-2011; and the principal at an elementary school and a middle school in the Fall River Public Schools from 2003-2008, after serving as an assistant principal in Fall River. Prior to those roles, she worked as a science teacher at B.M.C. Durfee High School, as well as a middle school and an alternative high school, in the Fall River Public Schools. Riley holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Regis College and a master’s degree in school administration from Fitchburg State University, and has completed coursework toward an Ed.D. in educational leadership from Nova Southeastern University and toward a certificate of advanced educational leadership from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
