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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

08/17/10 GREENWICH BOE PRESS RELEASE: ESOL Program Coordinator Appointed

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Sidney A. Freund has announced the
appointment of Ms. Trudi Durrell as the District's PreK-12 Program
Coordinator for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), effective
immediately. See attached for more information.

Kim Eves
Director of Communications
Greenwich Board of Education
290 Greenwich Avenue
Greenwich, CT 06830

www.greenwichschools.org

Phone: 203-625-7415
e mail: kim_eves@greenwich.k12.ct.us
Fax: 203-869-8003

SUPERINTENDENT APPOINTS ESOL COORDINATOR

(For immediate release: Monday, August 16, 2010 – Greenwich, CT)

Superintendent of Schools Dr.

Sidney A. Freund has announced the appointment of Ms. Trudi Durrell as the District’s PreK-12

Program Coordinator for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), effective immediately. Dr.

Freund said, “Ms. Durrell is an experienced ESOL teacher at the elementary, middle and high school

level; she is a talented instructional leader and has participated in curriculum development at the local

and the State levels. Ms. Durrell has proven to be a teacher leader within the District’s ESOL

department and we are looking forward to working with her in building upon the success of this

program.”

An educator for fifteen years, Ms. Durrell has been with the Greenwich Public Schools as an ESOL

teacher since 2001. She is an ESOL teacher at Eastern Middle School (.8), a member of their School

Improvement Team, having served as Tri-Chair for two years, and is Co-Advisor to Eastern’s Student

Council. She also teaches at North Mianus School (.2). She is the current Treasurer and past President

(2003-2006) of Connecticut TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) and was a

member of the CT State TESOL Framework Committee. She is currently a member of the Town of

Fairfield’s Racial Imbalance Planning Committee. Prior to coming to Greenwich, Ms. Durrell spent

five years (1996-2001) as an ESL Instructor at Bunnell High School in Stratford, CT and one year

(1995-96) at PS 84Q in Long Island City, NY.


Ms. Durrell received her BA in International Diplomacy and Soviet Studies from the University of

Connecticut, Storrs, CT in 1990. She received a Masters in TESOL from Teacher’s College, Columbia

University, New York, NY in 1995; and her Sixth Year Certificate in Reading and Remedial Language

Arts from Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT in 2000.

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