Worcesteria: John L. Foley not running for re-election to School Committee Worcester Magazine SCHOOL'S OUT: Next year, Worcester is looking at having a potentially transformed School Committee. First, longtime committee member John F. Monfredo announced he wasn't running for re-election. Now, John L. Foley confided in a phone conversation that he'll be retiring at the end of his current term, “I think its time,” said Foley. “It's been a long time I've served the School Committee. It's time for other people to represent the community. Twenty-two years is a long time.” While Foley still has most of a year left in his term, the move puts a new spotlight on the School Committee race. Currently, only current members Tracy O'Connell Novick, Molly O. McCullough, Laura Clancy and Dianna Biancheria, and newcomers Jermoh Kamara and Sue Mailman have pulled papers. School Committee candidates need 300 signatures to qualify – challenging during a pandemic – and the deadline to file the papers is May 15.