Two school administrators have offered to do double duty enabling the School Committee to save at least $200,000 and maybe more at a time it is looking to trim $6.9 million from its budget.

William McCaffrey, who has superintendent certification, has suggested taking on that job on an interim basis while staying on as director of the Warwick Area Career and Technical Center.

Superintendent Richard D’Agostino retires on July 13 after serving Warwick schools for 33 years. The School Committee meets on July 14 and is scheduled to address the issue of superintendent at that time.

When asked if he is offering to do both jobs last week, McCaffrey said he would not be prepared to talk about it until after the committee meeting on the 14th.

In an email, School Committee Chair Jennifer Ahearn said, “If any individual was to fill 2 slots, at any time, the SC [School Committee] would have to take a look at the dual responsibilities that could be managed appropriately. Positions are created or eliminated based on workload, we try very hard NOT to make decisions solely on cost saving measures alone, we weigh both responsibility levels and need.”

Ahearn went on to say that the position of superintendent is extremely demanding and “therefore it would be our preference to place an individual with prior experience and exposure into this role for the interim, but are weighing all individual options that come before us.”

McCaffrey and D’Agostino are thought to have been the only two local candidates from 15 for superintendent when the job was posted last fall. The field of candidates was narrowed to two in April when the committee thanked McCaffrey for his application, leaving D’Agostino and Anthony Pope, who was bought out of this superintendent contract in Marlborough, Mass. after a falling out in that community.

After D’Agostino announced his retirement, leaving only Pope, a ground roots campaign was initiated by a Warwick teacher to inform the public of Pope’s past.

But it never reached the point where the committee voted on Pope. He withdrew as a candidate.

Vets High School Principal Gerald Habershaw is offering to serve both as principal of Vets and Pilgrim in the coming academic year. A vacancy has opened at Pilgrim with the resignation of Marie Cote, who is looking to stay in Warwick schools but in an administrative position, such as assistant principal that puts her in more direct contact with the students. Meanwhile, with the committee’s plan to consolidate secondary schools, this coming academic year will be Vets’ last before reopening as a middle school in the fall of 2016.

Habershaw, who met with D’Agostino and director of secondary education Dennis Mullen Tuesday, said the dual role would help in the transition of those Vets students and teachers who would be moved to Pilgrim.

“There’s a lot of uncertainty right now and leadership has to be put in place,” he said.

Habershaw said he could recreate the academies he established at Vets as a means of grouping students and teachers within the school.

With 25 years in the Warwick system, 16 of those as an administrator, Habershaw is no stranger to Pilgrim. He taught there and at one point was the head baseball coach at Pilgrim and the head basketball coach at Vets.

Habershaw said he held a school assembly at the time the committee voted on closing both Aldrich and Gorton Junior High Schools and consolidating at Vets, which would cease to be a senior high school. He told them what he knew. In the wake of that decision, he said, parents and students have had a lot of questions, but so far there haven’t been many answers.

“I don’t want any extra pay,” Habershaw said of his proposal.

He said if he were to serve in a dual capacity, he would alternate mornings between schools so that, for example, he would be at the Pilgrim opening on a Monday to be followed by Vets on Tuesday.

As happened during the consolidation of elementary schools, Habershaw thinks the committee would most likely give preference to a principal with greater tenure. If that were to be applied, Habershaw would have the opportunity to displace someone selected to succeed Cote after being in the post for only a year.

He reasons in addition to a savings of more than $100,000, there would be less disruption and greater continuity for the students if he did both jobs at once.

Habershaw said he had no read on the possible outcome of his proposal. He said both D’Agostino and Mullen took notes, which he assumes will be passed on to the committee.

“We are currently investigating every viable option and engaging in conversations to make sure the positions are staffed adequately and fiscally appropriate,” Ahearn said in response to a question about Habershaw’s offer.