Principal Susan Bairstow
Ms. Bairstow has been teaching for over 24 years, and 18 of those years have been with the Weston Public Schools. Prior to being appointed Principal Sue served as Assistant Principal.
Prior to her time in Weston, she taught at Lexington Public Schools. Ms. Bairstow has been teaching social studies at Weston High School since 2006. In 2021, she assumed the role of Department Chair where she was responsible for the curriculum, instruction, supervision and evaluation of the Social Studies/History Department for grades 6-12. The Race, Class, Gender curriculum she created for Weston High School has provided strong relevant programming for students around ethnic, racial and gender-based differences. Ms. Bairstow also implemented and co-facilitated a successful mentoring program for new educators in the Weston Public Schools which helps new teachers with orientation and accelerating their transitions in the school system. Ms. Bairstow has served as a faculty representative on the Instructional Support Team at WHS which advises and facilitates support for at-risk students.
Ms. Bairstow holds a Master’s degree in Secondary Education/History from the University of Massachusetts, a Master’s degree in Organizational Management from Endicott College and a Bachelor’s degree in History from John Carroll University.
Sue Bairstow has cultivated a focused and safe learning environment in which students are provided with clear, consistent direction and follow-through. She has an amazing rapport with the students of Weston High School and we are excited to have her join our administrative team.
Sue Bairstow currently lives in Natick with her husband and two children.
Assistant Principal Christopher Martin
Chris Martin brings more than twenty years of experience in public education, including the last twelve years as Director of Fine & Performing Arts for the Westborough Public Schools. In that role, he supervised, evaluated, and mentored 26 faculty members; oversaw curriculum development and implementation across grades PreK–12; managed department budgets and resource allocation; and built the master schedule for students in grades 7–12 in collaboration with building leadership teams.
Prior to his district leadership role in Westborough, Chris spent nine years as a middle and high school music educator in Norwood, where he taught diverse groups of students and led a variety of extracurricular music programs. Originally from Lindenhurst, New York, Chris earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Ithaca College.
