Public Meeting Planned On Process For New Ox Ridge Interim Principal

DARIEN, CT — A Town Hall-style meeting has been scheduled for the Ox Ridge Elementary School community to discuss succession planning for a new Ox Ridge Elementary School interim principal.

The meeting will take place on Thursday, Nov. 9, at 6:30 p.m. in the Ox Ridge Elementary School gymnasium. The Central Services administration will be present, as will members of the Darien Board of Education.

The public can submit questions in advance of the meeting to Nadine Vasil, executive assistant to the superintendent of schools, at nvasil@darienps.org.

The workshop originally scheduled for Ox Ridge on Nov. 9, titled "Building your Toolkit for Parenting in the 21st Century: Strategies for Having Challenging Conversations with Your Child," hosted by Dr. Alycia Dadd, will be rescheduled for a later date.

The school district is looking for a new interim principal for Ox Ridge following the sudden departure of Melissa Kay, who resigned last month due to "personal and professional reasons."

Kay was announced as the interim principal of Ox Ridge in July after the resignation of Dr. Luke Forshaw, who left the district for a job at Cooperative Educational Services.