Marc Balanda, assistant principal at New Milford High will be the new principal at Brookfield High School in July
BROOKFIELD — New Milford school’s loss is Brookfield High School’s gain with Assistant Principal Marc Balanca at New Milford High School leaves at the end of the school to take a new position as principal at Brookfield High.
“Mr. Balanda surfaced as the top candidate following a series of interviews,” said Acting Superintendent of Brookfield schools Ralph Iassogna. “I believe he will be a very good match for Brookfield given his eight years of experience as an assistant principal in New Milford.”
Iassogna said he believes New Milford is a similar community to Brookfield.
Balanda accepted the Brookfield position Wednesday.
“I’m ecstatic to join the Brookfield school system,” Balanda said Thursday. “When I started my administrative career years ago in Watertown, I knew one day I would want to be principal.”
Balanda came to New Milford in 2012 as assistant principal. In December, he served as interim principal at New Milford High School during Principal Greg Shugrue’s absence.
“Serving as interim principal this school year for awhile cemented my goal to be principal myself,’ Balanda said. “The experience of working with Greg has been excellent. He’s a great administrator and the outpouring of support I receive today from the people I work with here in New Milford confirmed what a great place this has been to work.”