EASTCONN Board, RESC Alliance

The invaluable commitment of EASTCONN’s Board of Directors ensures the agency’s ongoing success. Representing EASTCONN-region boards of education, each director helps guide and approve agency programs and services, and assists the agency in its mission to serve the learning needs of all northeastern Connecticut’s public schools and communities.

Chairman, Ms. Joan Trivella Woodstock Academy Vice-Chairman, Ms. Valerie May Pomfret Public Schools Secretary/Treasurer, Ms. Katherine Paulhus Mansfield Public Schools

Mr. Herb Arico Willington Public Schools Dr. Judy Benson Clarke Regional District #8 Ms. Amy Blank Union Public Schools Ms. Terry Cote Eastford Public Schools Ms. Mary Ellen Donnelly Hampton Public Schools Mr. Michael Morrill Putnam Public Schools Mr. Rod Perry Scotland Public Schools Ms. Lydia Rivera-Abrams Killingly Public Schools Mr. Matthew Smith Lebanon Public Schools

EASTCONN is one of Connecticut’s six public, non-profit, Regional Educational Service Centers (RESCs). RESCs were established by state statute decades ago to provide cost-effective, high-quality, education-related programs and services that respond to public school districts’ needs. While each RESC is responsible for offering education services in their own regions, membership in the statewide RESC Alliance effectively augments their capacity to serve not only their region’s needs, but also more broadly, those of the CSDE education system. Alliance membership encourages RESCs to collaborate, share critical expertise and resources, and expand their service-providing capacity. The power of the RESC Alliance lies in its focus on excellent outcomes for all Connecticut students and staff, and on its devotion to saving local taxpayers dollars.

Regionalism: Incentivize opportunities for increased regional collaborations among local school districts. Support equitable, sustainable funding formulas for magnet schools of choice. Continue state investment in early childhood programs and initiatives, including Birth to Three. Continue to support new teacher and administrator development, and MTR recruitment/development. Provide equitable, consistent, sustainable funding for ECS, Special Education and related services.