Burlington Superintendent Conti Wins State Association Award

BURLINGTON, MA — Burlington Public Schools Superintendent Eric Conti was recently named the Massachusetts Superintendents' Association's annual Dr. Christos Daoulas award winner for his service to the association and his communication as superintendent.

Conti received the award during the association's annual Executive Institute this week.

The award has been given since 1997 in honor of the longtime Dracut Public Schools superintendent who died in 2007.

Reading Superintendent John Doherty presented the award and called attention to Conti's work in Burlington and with the association. Conti has been superintendent since 2008, and previously taught science and served as an assistant superintendent in two districts. He has been an officer of the association's executive board for four years, and served as the association's president in 2018.

"He transformed his school district into one of the first one to one device school districts in the region," Doherty said. "He has been a leader in his geographical region by creating a coalition of Superintendents to make 21st century changes for NEASC, Late Start for High Schools, and the value of the information economy in his region by setting up numerous field trips to those industries."

Doherty also praised Conti for Burlington's role as a pilot district in PARRC testing and online state testing more broadly and his work as the association's president on the Student Opportunity Act.

Christopher Huffaker can be reached at 412-265-8353 or chris.huffaker@patch.com.