Fall River now has a permanent Public School Superintendent, as the seven member School Committee voted last night during the February session at Kuss Middle School unanamiously to remove the Interim label from the job title of now Superintendent Maria Pontes. 

Pontes was the choice of the school committee after former Superintendent Dr. Matthew Malone resigned in the fourth quarter of 2021, after being accused in a report of bullying employees of the district. 

Pontes is a former classroom teacher who served as principal in several buildings before being named an assistant superintendent.