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The superintendent of the Bristol Borough School District will be leaving in early fall for a new administrative role in the New Hope-Solebury School District.
The Bristol Borough School Board voted to accept Superintendent Dr. Rose Minniti’s resignation Thursday evening.
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She will be working in the district through October 4.
LevittownNow.com broke the news Minniti was planning to leave the district earlier this month.
In mid-August, the New Hope-Solebury School Board voted to hire Minniti for the newly-created position of assistant superintendent. According to records from that district, she will earn $187,000 per year, a raise over her current Bristol Borough salary.
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In a statement issued by the New Hope-Solebury School Board, Minniti said she is looking forward to the new position and keeping with the district’s “tradition of excellence” while developing new programs.
School Board President David Chichilitti thanked Minniti for her work and wished her the best of luck. He noted that Minniti helped enhance and add programs to the borough school system.
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Several board members said they appreciated Minniti’s work in Bristol Borough.
Minniti was hired by the Bristol Borough School District in 2019.
Minniti’s departure from the district comes after she filed a police report following an April incident involving Chichilitti. The incident between Chichilitti and Minniti happened at the high school. According to sources with knowledge of the incident, Chichilitti blew up at Minniti.
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The superintendent ended up engaging an attorney who sent a letter to board members. The attorney and Minniti declined to comment at the time when asked about a letter. The letter sent to board members, the contents of which were reviewed by this news organization, made allegations Chichilitti had taken part in “egregious behavior” against the superintendent, spoke of turning down her potential pay raises, and threatened to have other impacts on her job.
In the letter, Minniti asked the school board to remove Chichilitti from his leadership role and censure him. It also called for training on the roles school board members have in district operations.
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Police took a report of the incident but no charges were filed.
In mid-May, district Solicitor David Truelove said the “incident has been resolved.”
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Also at Thursday’s meeting, the school board accepted the resignation of member Nunzio DeMarchis. Applications to fill his seat are being accepted by Minniti.
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