As published in the Record Journal Tuesday June 11, 2013
By Eric Vo
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WALLINGFORD — The Board of Education voted unanimously to appoint Colin McNamara the school system’s new assistant superintendent for personnel during a special meeting Monday night. “We’re very excited. He’s experienced as an assistant superintendent in another district ... It’ll be a nice opportunity to bring in new experience,” said School Superintendent Salvatore Menzo. McNamara will start July 15, Menzo said. He replaces Assistant Superintendent for Personnel Jan Guarino, who is leaving the school system at the end of the school year to become school superintendent in Old Saybrook.
“I’m really excited and looking forward to working with you all and getting to know you all better,” McNamara told the Board of Education and administrators after being appointed.
Guarino, who was assistant superintendent in Wallingford for about four years, announced she was leaving in April. The posting for her replacement went up on the Wallingford Public Schools website shortly after.
McNamara’s appointment Monday night came ahead of the Board of Education and Menzo’s original timeframe. Menzo was initially hoping to find Guarino’s replacement by mid-June.
Menzo said he is looking forward to McNamara coming to the school system because he will bring new ideas to the schools.
McNamara earned a bachelor of science degree in elementary and special education from Slippery Rock University in Slippery Rock, Penn.; a master of education in administration and supervision and an education specialist degree in administration and supervision from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville.
In addition, McNamara has also completed the executive leadership program at the University of Connecticut.
McNamara worked as a teacher and an administrator for the Fairfax County Public Schools in Fairfax, Va., for nine years. He then served as principal of Center School in Willington, Conn., from 2005 to 2011, when he became the assistant superintendent for the Killingly Public Schools.
During his tenure in Killingly, he led the schools’ data team and the development of the District Improvement Plan.
McNamara is also an adjunct faculty member at UConn, Saint Joseph College and George Washington University.
His salary has yet to be determined as the contract is being finalized, Menzo said. Guarino’s salary as the assistant superintendent for personnel was $139,260.
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