He held his first superintendent position when he was just 28 years old. He has previously served in smaller districts and is impressed with Central Square s facilities. Equally impressive to Doherty is the district s communication between schools and level of educational consistency in such a large district. Part of the reason why Central Square s school district is forced to cope with adding new positions and change is directly related to the growth of the towns of Hastings, West Monroe and Constantia. Asking town, county and village officials exactly why the area is growing, or for argument s sake, is it growing at all, is like asking if the glass is half empty or half full.
Some administrators say that growth is inevitable.
They have a point. There really is no trend on the horizon that points any place but upward. There are other officials who don t see much of a change in the future unless communities work together to develop the infrastructure to support growth. It s not likely that shopping malls, restaurants, housing developments and condominiums will spring from areas requiring a septic tank. They have a point, too.