Ceccolini appointed interim assistant superintendent
MONROE — The district’s administrative team continued its makeover Monday.
Longtime Jockey Hollow Principal Jack Ceccolini was appointed interim assistant superintendent during the Board of Education’s remote meeting. Darleen Fensore was named director of student support services and Jennifer Parsell assistant director of student support services.
“I am appreciative and excited about the opportunity to join the central office administrative team,” said Ceccolini. “I appreciate the Board of Education having the trust and faith in me to assist acting Superintendent Joe Kobza in leading our school district.”
Said Kobza, “Jack brings with him a strong understanding of the district and its needs having worked at all three levels. We are fortunate to have him.”
Ceccolini started his career in the Monroe public schools in 1986 as the band director at Chalk Hill Middle School. He became band director at Masuk High School in 1988.
Kobza told the Board of Education he was lucky enough to be at Chalk Hill when Ceccolini started his Monroe teaching career.
“I was a student … Jack was a teacher,” said Kobza, smiling.
Ceccolini began his administrative career in Southbury before returning to Monroe to serve as the principal of Fawn Hollow Elementary School in 2000. For the past 14 years, he has served as the Jockey Hollow principal.
“Although I will miss the dayto-day contact with the Jockey Hollow students and staff,” said Ceccolini, “I look forward to working with the administrators, teachers, staff, students and families across the district to continue the excellence in education that we are all accustomed to in Monroe.”
Fensore started her career in Monroe as a paraeducator in 1986. After earning her teaching certification, she took a position as an elementary school teacher in Stratford.
Kobza said she returned to Monroe Elementary in 2001 where she taught second grade and special education for 13 years.
In 2014, Fensore assumed the role of instructional leader of special education for grades 6-12.
Two years later, in 2016, she became the assistant director of student support services. She has been the interim director of student support services since December.
Parsell started her teaching career in Monroe as a special education teacher at Jockey Hollow in 2000. She transferred to Masuk in 2005 and became the transition counselor in 2011.
“It was in this role that Jen was recognized as Monroe’s Teacher of the Year in 2015,” said Kobza.
Parsell followed Fensore as the instructional leader of special education for grades 6-12 in 2016. She has served as the interim assistant director of student support services since December.