New Schools Superintendent Search Underway, Community Input Wanted

BRANFORD, CT — With the retirement of Branford Public Schools Superintendent Hamlet M. Hernandez at the end of the 2022-2023 school year, the district is asking the community to weigh in on his replacement.

"The Branford Public Schools Board of Education values the voice of its community and invites you to help shape its search for our next Superintendent," the board wrote in a news release. "All educational partners including parents, community leaders, employees, and students may share their thoughts in one of several upcoming community input forums or through an online survey."

Input provided will be used by the executive search firm McPherson & Jacobson LLC, hired by the Board of Education to assist in the search and selection process, to recruit and screen candidates to lead Branford Public Schools.

Click here to fill out the survey in English.

Click here to fill out the survey in Spanish.

Hernandez was hired as superintendent for Branford schools in July 2010 after a career as a U.S. Marine officer, and more than a decade running Hamden Public Schools.

In an August letter announcing his retirement, he said he was "honored to have journeyed for the past 12 years with such devoted and unrelenting professionals committed to excellence for all.”