Les Edinson is the support facilitator for the Pioneer Valley District and School Assistance Center (DSAC) and the Monitoring Visit Site Visit Team Leader for Schoolworks. He is an experienced principal who has been successful in both urban and rural environments. Recently retired as principal of the Fitchburg Arts Academy in Fitchburg, MA, he has served as a principal in Springfield and Holyoke and in rural Franklin and Worcester Counties — all in Massachusetts. An experienced staff developer, he served in that role in the Cambridge, MA Public Schools and has spoken on multicultural schools, performance-based assessment, restructuring rural schools, and on the least restrictive environment for special education children. A graduate of Antioch College, he has an M.Ed. from Salem State College.
