Attorney Robert S. McCarthy announced he is seeking to return to the Northeast Vocational School Committee and his name will appear on the ballot on Nov. 6. 

Attorney McCarthy is currently practicing law with law offices in Malden. He also served as an administrator in the Malden Public Schools for 25 years. The 12 communities included in the Northeast School District are: Malden, Melrose, Stoneham, Wakefield, Winchester, Saugus, Chelsea, Reading, North Reading, Revere, Winthrop and Woburn.

McCarthy was first elected to serve on the Northeast Vocational School Committee in 1998. During his tenure on the board he served as the chairman of the school’s Budget Committee where he led the effort to revise the entire budget process. He advocated for budget measures that allowed for the budget to be more transparent and accountable to the cities and towns that Northeast serves. He also proposed the implementation of a detailed line-item budget format for the school. 

“The implementation of this budget format allowed for a cost effective process to look at all school expenditures to mandate that the budget is fiscally sound as well as being educationally sound,” McCarthy said. 

During McCarthy’s tenure on the board he also led the effort to have Northeast students do many community projects that enabled cities and towns in the District to complete projects at a very reasonable cost. These projects were done by the Northeast students which allowed them to gain real life experience and saved the cities and towns valuable financial resources in the process. McCarthy is committed to Northeast’s goal of offering quality vocational education to its 1,300 students. 

McCarthy is certified as a superintendent–director of a Vocational Technical School by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

McCarthy looks forward to speaking with many residents over the next month in an effort to discuss his views with them. He respectfully asks for your vote on Tuesday, Nov. 6 to return him to the Northeast Vocational School Committee.