Derby to name interim superintendent Monday

By Register Staff

DERBY- The Board of Education is expected to name George Tanner as Interim Superintendent of Schools at a special meeting Monday, the district announced in a press release this afternoon.

Tanner retired from the school system in 2006, having served the district for 38 years as a mathematics teacher, a coach and assistant principal at Derby High School.

Tanner earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of New Haven, and a master’s degree in education from Southern Connecticut State University. He also obtained his sixth year degree in educational administration at SCSU.

“I’m looking forward to working with the Board of Education, our teachers and our city leaders on behalf of Derby’s schools over the next few months,” Tanner said in a prepared statement .

“We are fortunate to be able to have a person of George Tanner’s caliber to assume this important leadership position,” Board of Education Chairman Kenneth Marcucio said in a prepared statement. “His long history with the Derby Public Schools will serve us well during this time of transition.”

Tanner will succeed. Stephen Tracy as the school district’s chief executive officer. racy becomes the Superintendent of Schools for the Connecticut Department of Children and Families, effective July 2.

The Board of Education plans to initiate a search for a permanent superintendent this summer.