Claremont school board offers SAU 6 superintendent job to Broadrick

Claremont’s school board has offered the SAU 6 superintendent job to Timothy Broadrick, moving the district one step closer to ending a search shaped by budget strain, staffing losses and a demand for stronger day-to-day management. The contract is still pending, but the selection signals that board members want an experienced administrator to stabilize the system first.

That need was spelled out by SAU 6 itself on April 1, when the district said the search had had “mixed results” in the past and that this year had been an “eye-opener.” In the same update, SAU 6 said the district needed a leader with operational experience, limited-budget management skills and the ability to earn staff confidence quickly after what it described as a period that “threw the whole district into disarray.”

Broadrick fits the profile the board appeared to be seeking. He currently serves as superintendent of the Prospect Mountain School District in Alton, where he has described the district as operating the state’s only open-enrollment school. In February 2025 testimony to the New Hampshire House, he said Prospect Mountain enrolled 11 open-enrollment students in 2023-24 and 20 in 2024-25, with a student-to-teacher ratio of less than 10 to 1.

The board’s choice comes after a difficult stretch in Claremont schools. In August 2025, New Hampshire Public Radio reported that the district did not ratify contracts for 19 new hires and would shed about $1.8 million in expenses. The district also warned that classes could be delayed or schools could shut down if payroll and other obligations could not be met. Earlier that year, superintendent Chris Pratt resigned amid a budget deficit reported in the range of $1 million to $5 million.

SAU 6 had extended the application period to April 1 and said it received eight or nine candidates before narrowing the field. The public phase of the search included a citizen forum for finalist Broadrick on April 6 at the Sugar River Valley Regional Technical Center in Claremont, where he also toured schools and met with the public.

The board now moves into contract negotiations, a step that will determine when Broadrick starts, what authority he is given and how quickly he is expected to confront Claremont’s immediate pressures. For families in Claremont and across Sullivan County, the real test will be whether the new superintendent can bring order to a district that has spent far too long in crisis mode.