ABOUT US

The Management Solution (TMS) was started in 2006 by Andrew Paquette and David Lockwood. Outside of their experience with TMS Andrew and David spent ten years evaluating public school districts for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. During this time they conducted in-depth studies of approximately 120 districts. Additionally they spent 15 years working directly for school districts either in the classroom or central office.

The goal for TMS is to use innovative tools and methods to help school districts and municipalities address issues and meet or exceed the highest professional and industry standards. As a result of their efforts communities have streamlined many of their processes and saved hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Initially TMS started by rethinking the process for school business financial management. This has been implemented in a number of school districts and has proven to be highly successful. Next TMS launched its cutting edge ThinkData system. This has allowed school districts to look at classroom instruction, district wide, in a whole new way. To date this system has been used in approximately 3500 classrooms across Massachusetts. Most recently TMS has been helping school districts more effectively negotiate their labor contracts. With many other projects in the pipeline TMS continues to push forward and break new ground.

The Partners –

Andrew Paquette - President: For almost four years Mr. Paquette was a consultant working with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. During that time he evaluated the business and financial operations of approximately 70 public school districts. In addition to his consulting work he has over seven years of experience in business and finance in both the public education and public sectors. Mr. Paquette was the Director of Finance and Operations at the Nashoba Regional School District from 1999 to 2002. As the Director of Finance and Operations, he developed financial policies and procedures to ensure that the student achievement goals of the district were met. Prior to his position at the Nashoba Regional School District, he was the Director of Finance for the Town of Griswold in Connecticut. As the Director of Finance, he prepared and managed the budget for the municipal government and the school district. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Paquette served as the School Business Manager of the Nantucket Public Schools where he managed all financial operations for the district. Mr. Paquette is certfied as a School Business Manager, holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the College of the Holy Cross and a Master of Science in Accounting and a Master of Business Administration from Northeastern University.

David Lockwood - CEO: For almost seven years Mr. Lockwood served as a lead examiner for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. During that time he lead teams of veteran educators (mostly superintendents and central office administrators) on in-depth reviews of approximately 70 public school districts. Mr. Lockwood was also responsible for the creation of all online operations and tool development. Prior to this work he spent eight years as a teacher in public education. He served as both a Science Teacher and the Chairperson of the Science Department at the James P. Timilty Middle School of the Boston Public School System. During his tenure at the James P. Timilty School, Mr. Lockwood facilitated professional development programs; developed science curriculum; conducted teacher and student training in web development, and technology instruction; and created the school’s virtual science fair. The James P. Timilty Middle School received the following awards during Mr. Lockwood’s stay: the Lighthouse Award from the Massachusetts Department of Education; the Blue Ribbon National School of Excellence from the U.S. Department of Education; Distinguished Title One School (National) from the U.S. Title One Program, the Service Excellence Award from the Massachusetts General Hospital; the Pre-College Science Education Grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Mr. Lockwood has been published in the Advances In Physiology Education. Mr. Lockwood earned a Bachelor of Science in Genetics from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne and a Master of Education from Lesley University.

Key Staff –

Edward Dunn – Senior Educational Consultant: Currently, Mr. Dunn is providing school business management consulting services to the Belchertown Public School District and the Ludlow Public School District.  Mr. Dunn assists these districts and other TMS clients in the area of grants writing and management, data analysis, and analyzing instructional practices.  Mr. Dunn served as Director of Curriculum and Grants for the Holbrook Public Schools where he planned and implemented professional development activities for staff; wrote and managed grants, including Title I; collaborated with other Districts to write regional grants and to share resources.  From 2005 to 2008 Mr. Dunn was the principal of the Holbrook Junior Senior High School; where in addition to being the educational leader of a school of approximately 425 students he drafted and implemented Turn Around Plan to improve student learning at HJSHS; created Professional Learning Community Model for Faculty at HJSHS; instituted Learning Walks as means to improve classroom instruction and student learning. Mr. Dunn earned his Bachelor of Arts in English and Classical Studies from Boston College; his Master’s in English from Duke University; and is a CAGS Candidate in Educational Leadership from Bridgewater State College; and has completed the National Institute for School Leadership (NISL) training in 2008.

David Donoghue – Senior Finance Consultant: Mr. Donoghue has thirty two years of municipal experience with the City of Holyoke. From 1988 to 2010 Mr. Donoghue served as Treasurer where he effectively and efficiently maintained custody of all municipal funds. Mr. Donoghue was responsible for the deposit, investment, and disbursement of these monies; including all school related payroll and accounts payable. In addition, responsibilities included issuance of all municipal debt, management of all tax title accounts and superintend all tax foreclosure proceedings. From 1978 to 1988 Mr. Donoghue was an Assessor responsible for maintaining an adequate map system, as well as detailed records of each parcel of property in order to produce uniform and equitable valuations throughout the community. In 1982 he supervised the first ever revaluation of all property in the City of Holyoke. Mr. Donoghue has also served as adjunct professor at Holyoke Community College as an instructor of State and Local Government. Mr. Donoghue earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Boston University School of Management.