Britton Resigns From Danbury Board Of Ed To Focus On City Council

DANBURY, CT —A Board of Education member is resigning.

Democrat Joe Britton, elected to the City Council in November, has resigned from the Board of Ed effective Jan. 15.

In a Jan. 3 letter to Board of Ed Secretary Kathryn Hogdon, Britton wrote that "the duties I now possess as a Councilman for the City of Danbury will not allow me to dedicate the appropriate time and attention Membership of the Board of Education requires."

Britton, whose term on the board is up November 2023, represents the 4th Ward with Democrat Farley Santos.