Schools
Special Education Director is Named
Meg Belsito, an educator with 16 years of experience in the Milford Public Schools, is the district's new director of special education.
Meg Belsito, a longtime employee of the , has accepted the district's offer to become director of special education, Superintendent Robert Tremblay announced Monday.
Belsito has worked for 16 years in Milford, Tremblay wrote in a press release, in capacities including as a classroom teacher and team chairperson at , and special education teacher at .
She played a key role in securing a recent grant for the district from the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism, Tremblay reported.
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Belsito begins her new position July 1.
She fills a newly created position by the Milford School Committee, following the announced departure of Assistant Superintendent Barbara J. Cataldo, who oversaw the district's special education programs. Cataldo will become superintendent of the Cohasset public schools.
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Belsito obtained a bachelor's degree in elementary and special education from Providence College and a master's degree in education from Lesley University. She lives in Milford with her husband and two children.
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