Zullo Resigning From Norfolk School Committee

Marie Zullo announced late this week that she plans to resign from the Norfolk School Commit­tee after the annual town election in May. Zullo, who was elected to the committee in May 2008, is in the second of a three-year term.

She has been near the center of recent conflictover a plan to have Norfolk’s elementary school system share a superintendent with the King Phil­ip regional school system and over Norfolk Super­intendent Don LeClerc’s recent decision to retire a year early. Zullo has been a supporter of exploring the shared-superintendent plan, and she sharply crit­icized LeClerc’s recent performance as superin­tendent during a School Committee meeting this past Wednesday night.

The Norfolk School Committee oversees the town’s kindergarten-through-sixth-grade school system.

Town Clerk Gail Bernardo confirmed Friday shortly before the deadline of The Norfolk Boo­merang that Zullo has announced her resigna­tion. Zullo could not immediately be reached for comment.