Search for new school superintendent continues

WINSTED — Two candidates are being considered by the Board of Education to replace current Superintendent of Schools Blaise Salerno.Salerno’s contract with the district ends on June 30, and the board’s superintendent search committee, led by board member Christine Royer, is in the process of interviewing candidates.“We have put a search out there for a new superintendent through various Internet job websites,” Royer said. “We did not have the money to go through the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education [CAPE]. When you are a member of CAPE, you get all sorts of help. Because we couldn’t afford a CAPE membership, this time we are going on this one alone.”Royer said advertisements for a new superintendent were posted on professional websites.One of those websites, usreap.net, has a listing for the position at www.usreap.net/job_postings/31529/CT01/CT01.She said the board has received four applications and that out of the pool of applicants, two are being considered.Royer would not comment on who the candidates for superintendent are.“If we cannot find a new superintendent by the time Blaise leaves, the next action would be the prerogative of the board,” Royer said. “In the past we have had interim superintendents. Right now as we sit, we don’t have much money to do anything.”When asked if he would stay on as superintendent if the board could not find a new one, Salerno would not comment.Royer said that Salerno is not a candidate in the board’s superintendent search.At the Board of Education’s meeting on Tuesday, May 10, Royer requested the board hold a special meeting to interview the two candidates.

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