Councilor Samaras, elected to his
first term on the City Council in November 2013, is no stranger to
public service. In 2010, he retired from a 44-year career with the
Lowell Public schools as a teacher and administrator, the last 19 as
Headmaster of Lowell High School. During his tenure as headmaster,
Lowell High was named one of the top urban high schools by U.S. News and
World Report and one of the best managed public schools by Boston
Magazine.
Born in Lowell, Bill was raised in
the city's Centralville neighborhood on Christian Hill. Prior to
graduating from Lowell High School in 1959, he worked in his father's
store, Henry's, on Bridge Street.
Councilor Samaras holds degrees from Boston University, Salem State College and Northeastern University.
Since retiring from Lowell High School, Bill has held several positions in the Haverhill Public Schools.
He lives in the city's Belvidere
neighborhood with his wife Joyce. They have two grown sons Chris and
John, and two granddaughters, Caroline and Audrey.
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