Amity Regional District No. 5 announced today that Amity Regional High School principal Dr. Anna Mahon is leaving as of July 31 for a job leading Brookfield schools as an assistant superintendent. She has been with the district since 2000.
“I have been honored to be a part of such an amazing school community and to have been able to work with some of the best professional educators in Connecticut,” Mahon wrote in her resignation letter. “Amity is a place that is and always will be near and dear to my heart. However, the time and opportunity have come for me to move to a new school district so I may continue to grow as an educational leader.”
She promised to continue to support the district in any way she can.
“The Amity Regional School District will clearly miss Dr. Anna Mahon – her leadership, her passion for education, her devotion to this community, and most especially, her clear focus on putting students first,” said Superintendent Jennifer Byars in a press statement. “She has been a tremendous leader through a tumultuous period in education and has truly kept the high school moving in a positive direction. While it is a loss for our three towns, she is going to be an incredible Assistant Superintendent for the Brookfield School District and I look forward to seeing what she can accomplish in a district leadership position in a PreK-12 school district.”
Byars said the search process for the next Amity High principal will begin immediately and will involve multiple stakeholders from the school community.