Gov. Lamont Names Awilda Reasco of New Britain to State Education Board

Gov. Ned Lamont (D-CT) has announced that he has appointed Awilda Reasco of New Britain and three others to the State Board of Education.

Lamont’s office says that, Reasco,

currently serves as the Director of Pre-Collegiate and Access Services at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU), where she leads a program that provides opportunities for high school seniors who have the potential and desire to attend the university but do not meet the university’s regular admissions standards. The program provides these students with academic support and preparation, including courses in personal and professional growth.

Reasco, Lamont’s office said, “was a former commissioner for the Connecticut Puerto Rican and Latino Affairs Commission,” and has been involved in the Connecticut Association of Education Opportunity Programs in Connecticut and CCSU’s Latin-American and Caribbean Center.

Reasco was appointed, along with Bonnie E. Burr of Brookfield, Karen DuBois-Walton of New Haven and Martha Paluch Prou of Bloomfield.

Lamont said that, “students who live in every community of our state – regardless of their family’s income level or their zip code – must have access to all of the opportunities that will propel them to success throughout their careers. These new members of our State Board of Education have the qualities that are going to help us achieve this goal, and I look forward to working with them as we tackle this mission.”

Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz (D-CT) added that, “Every student in Connecticut deserves a quality education, no matter where they live. Each of these women will bring quality professional experience to their new roles as members of the State Board of Education and I look forward to working with them to make our state’s education system more equitable.”

Lamont’s office says that, “The State Board of Education is responsible for establishing academic standards and setting policy for Connecticut’s 149 local and 17 regional school districts.”