Since Westport Community Schools Superintendent and longtime town resident Thomas Aubin announced his impending June retirement plans back in March, the search for a new district leader has resulted in two finalists, the identities of whom were announced by school officials on Tuesday, April 15.

At the recent School Committee meeting, Westport Superintendent Search Sub-Committee Chair Christopher Thrasher shared the identities of the two remaining finalists, after a third had bowed out of the process earlier that day. The two finalists are anticipated to have their last-round interviews in public at the committee's April 30 meeting, Thrasher told The Standard-Times.

"The decision will be made shortly after," Thrasher said on Friday, though noting he was uncertain whether it will occur that evening or a later date.

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