Another Top Milford School Official Departing: Report

MILFORD, CT — Big changes are coming to the Milford Public School system. Superintendent of Schools Elizabeth Feser will be retiring on July 31, and now the district's number two official will also be leaving at the end of the school year, according to the Milford Mirror.

The district's assistant superintendent, Jeff Burt, will leave at the end of the year to become schools chief in Colchester, the Mirror reports. He was hired in 2015 to replace former assistant superintendent Michael Cummings, who took a job in the Fairfield Public Schools.

Burt has 26 years of experience as a professional educator and administrator in Connecticut. His career began in September 1992 as a teacher in the Darien Public School district.

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In 2006, Burt took on a more progressive educational position and served as an assistant principal in the Montville Public School system. From there, he became involved in curriculum work as the Curriculum Leader in social studies in the Fairfield Public Schools, a position he held for six years. Before he came to Milford Burt served as Assistant Superintendent in the Vernon Public School system.

Read the full Milford Mirror story here.