The Springfield Roman Catholic Diocese will for the first time have a lay person as chief administrator of its school system.
Bishop Mitchell Rozanski Tuesday announced the appointment of Daniel Baillargeon as the new diocesan superintendent of schools effective July 1st.
He takes over a Catholic school system in western Massachusetts that has gone through closings and consolidations over the last decade and now has 13 elementary and secondary schools with an enrollment of about 2,700 students.
WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Baillargeon.