FALL RIVER — After a 40-year career in education, seven of them spent in Fall River, Bristol Community College President Laura Douglas is retiring. 

 

Douglas, who joined the college in 2017, announced this week that she’d be stepping down in January 2025, giving the school and its Board of Trustees plenty of time to find a replacement. 

 

“It takes time to bring on a new leader, so you really have to plan in advance,” Douglas said. “It's a long process but one that I know that our board will take very seriously — and our campus will for certain be involved, as well as members of the community.” 

According to a release from the college, the Board of Trustees will begin its search for a new president in the spring.

 

Douglas said she will be putting together a transition team with the goal of passing the baton smoothly.  

 

Read more from Dan Medeiros at heraldnews.com.