Shelton School Superintendent Resigns

SHELTON, CT — School Superintendent Chris Clouet will resign effective the end of February.

Clouet told Board of Education members on Monday and his staff on Tuesday, according to the Connecticut Post. He didn't give a reason as to why he was resigning in his letter to the Board of Education.

Clouet's contract runs through the 2021-2022 school year and he received high marks on his latest review from the Board of Education.

The Board of Education is proposing a budget with a 2.98 percent increase for next fiscal year.

Clouet has guided the school system through a few controversies lately. A group of Shelton Intermediate School students were kicked outof the Smithsonian National Museum of African History after a white student spit on a black visitor. SIS also had another incident where a student wore blackface and posted a racial slur on Snapchat.

Former Shelton High School Principal Beth Smith and Assistant Principal John Skerritt were placed on leave amid an investigation into the handling of an alleged sexual assault that involved two students. She was reassigned to be supervisor of special education and later settled with the Board of Education after she argued the move was a de-facto demotion. Skerritt was assigned as an assistant principal at Shelton Intermediate School.

Clouet's relationship with Mayor Mark Lauretti hasn't always been smooth sailing. Lauretti criticized Clouet's handling of the Smith/Skerritt probe. The Board of Education was sued by the city over school busing, but the matter was eventually settled and the city now runs bus service for the district.

Read the full Post report here.