Wallingford Schools Losing Veteran Teachers to Retirement

More than three centuries of combined experience will be drained from Wallingford Public School at the end of the school year as 13 veteran educators will retire.

The Board of Education on Monday accepted the retirement requests "with great regret."

The retiring teachers are:

• James Lynch, Social Studies and Physical Education teacher, Lyman Hall High School, 36 years
• Ann Lynch, Special Education teacher, Moses Y. Beach School, 31.5 years
• Roseann Bilodeau, Elementary School teacher, Highland School, 26 years
• Susan Calaluce, Special Education teacher, Highland School, 14 years
• Margaret Fusco, Elementary School teacher, Pond Hill School, 23 years
• Nancy Maynard, Elementary School teacher, E.C. Stevens School, 25 years
• Maureen O'Connor, Elementary School teacher E.C. Stevens School, 34 years
• Camille Golod, Speech & Language Pathologist, 34 years
• Lynn Mullally, Elementary School teacher, Yalesville School, 22 years
• James Sygrove, Technology teacher, Moran Middle School, 33 years
• Mitzi Allen-Harris, Special Education teacher, Lyman Hall High School, 12 years
• Karen Closek, Physical Education teacher, Sheehan High School, 25 years

At the meeting, an administrator from each of the retiring teacher's school told the school board of their contributions to Wallingford schools.

James and Ann Lynch, who are married, plan on enjoying retirement together spending time on the shore in Guilford and enjoying their grandchildren, Beach principal Robert Arciero told the board.

"[Ann] has been a tireless advocate for our students," he said.

Sygrove will spend time traveling, Moran principal Joseph Piacentini said, as he has for the past 15 years. He has spent summers in different Asian nations helping them integrate technology into their schools, Piacentini said, and was so successful that he was given the Philippines Humanitarian Award one year.