New and Veteran Teachers Prep for School Year

Montville schools have 20 new faculty members this year.

The new teachers had orientation on Wednesday and the first day for all teachers was Thursday.

The first day included a viewing of "Race to Nowhere," a documentary about the pressures students face, which Board of Education President Karen Cortellino said prompted good discussion among the faculty.

A student music group that performed at the start of the session lifted the spirits of everybody in the room, and Superintendent Paul Fried did a wonderful job arranging the program, she said.

"It was a great start to the school year," Cortellino said.

New faculty

has one new teacher, has five new teachers and has 14 new teachers.

Here's the list:

 Janet Dobbs

 Lazar

 Resource

 Dejiang Hu

 Lazar

 Mandarin

 Tara Sedlacek

 Lazar

 Literature

 Antonio Totino

 Lazar

 Italian Teacher

 Zoe Benedict

 MTHS

 Spanish

 Samantha Boschetti

 MTHS

 Phys. Ed. Teacher

 Andrew Burrell

 MTHS

 Math

 Jennifer Flores

 MTHS

 ESL

 Christina Freeman

 MTHS

 Special Services

 Matt Hill

 MTHS

 Special Services

 Christina Massa

 MTHS

 School Phsychologist

 Megan Miller

 MTHS

 Social Studies

 Kathy Rohrback

 MTHS

 Special Services

 Nicholas Sands

 MTHS

 Health/Phys. Ed.

 Maria Santonastasa

 MTHS

 Resource Teacher

 Marilyn Turner

 MTHS

 Math

 Jennifer Wilkerson

 MTHS

 French

 Genevieve Wiseman

 MTHS

 English

 Lindsay Johnson

 Woodmont

 Special Services

Each day leading up to the start of the school year, we're bringing you information about Montville's schools.

Saturday: Who Are the New Teachers in Your School?

Sunday:

Monday:

Tuesday: New Security Measures

Wednesday: First Day of School!