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New Haven Academy co-founders Meredith Gavrin & Greg Baldwin.
New Haven Academy’s leaders will be able to keep running the school they co-founded together.
Last week, Superintendent Carol Birks decided to break up the husband-and-wife team, Greg Baldwin and Meredith Gavrin, who founded the magnet high school 15 years ago, citing the district’s policy on nepotism. Gavrin, a magnet resource teacher, was told she’d be moved to another school because the assistant superintendent would be unable to evaluate her. That sparked an uproar from parents and alumni.
Within a few days, Birks reversed course. At Monday night’s Board of Education meeting at Celentano School, she left Gavrin’s transfer off the “blue sheets,” the multi-page personnel report that includes all staffing changes. School board members didn’t mention it either.
“Meredith Gavrin’s assignment has not been changed,” said Will Clark, the district’s chief operating officer. He added that a certified administrator will evaluate Gavrin’s performance, though Birks has not yet decided who that will be.
Baldwin declined to comment.