Schools
New Principal for SRMS
The school board voted unanimously to approve hiring Danbury High School Assistant Principal Tim Salem.
Tim Salem, an assistant principal at Danbury High School, will be the new principal of Scotts Ridge Middle School beginning July 1.
Salem's hiring was unanimously approved by the Board of Education (absent Lyn Merrill) at Monday night's meeting.
Salem has been one of Danbury's assistant principals for the past six years, Superintendent Deborah Low said before the vote. Before that, he taught history there for a decade.
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Salem was named assistant principal of the year by the Connecticut Association of Schools for the 2009-10 school year.
He has a BA from Eastern Connecticut State University and advanced degrees from Sacred Heart and Southern Connecticut State University.
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Asked to stand up and introduce himself after the board vote, Salem paid tribute to outgoing Principal Marie Doyon, saying she cultivated a fabulous school culture at SRMS.
"I will do my best to continue that," Salem said.
