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Superintendent-Select Connors "brought a Lot of Joy to District" Says Sec
Posted on Wednesday, April 17 @ 12:51:16 EDT by jfbailey
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WPCNR High Noon Herald. By John F. Bailey. April 17,2002. 12:45 PM EDT: The Danbury, Connecticut, community is "really distraught" on learning that Timothy Connors, their Superintendent of Schools for the last five years is leaving the district, reports Florence Modzelewski, his Secretary during his career there. Mr. Connors was announced yesterday as the White Plains City School District choice to take over the reins from Dr. Saul Yanofsky in July.
Contacted by WPCNR to arrange a television interview with Mr.Connors, Ms. Modzelewski just opened up in praise for her boss. She said, “I wish I could come on the show and cry with you. He’s brought a lot of joy to our district.”
Ms. Modzelewski, Mr. Connors’ Girl Friday since he arrived in the Danbury district told WPCNR, “We are absolutely sick here. There’s not a dry eye in the place. He is the most dynamic man I have ever met. (Mr. Connors) never has a bad day. When you meet him you’ll know the charisma.”
Asked about Mr. Connors contributions to the district, she told WPCNR, “He’s done a tremendous amount for this district,” which she attributes to his dynamic personality. “He’s a very happy person. He really cares about the kids. He visits a school every single day. The kids all know him and he knows them by name.”
Modzelewski reports, “We’re really distraught. We all thought he’d stay a few more years and retire from here. He’s a delight.”
Ms. Modzelewski said Connors introduced the concept of bringing a magnet school to the district, which has been approved and is being built. The magnet school “was the first thing he did,” she said. She said he supervised the renovation of the Danbury High School that is now in the process of construction.
Reporters love him, too.
Eileen FitzGerald, staff reporter of the Danbury News-Times told WPCNR Wednesday that Connors "is a reporter's dream as far as being accessible and forthright. He makes sure his staff is available and cooperative with the press."
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