Solek previously served as the system’s interim superintendent, where she spearheaded the development of a new strategic plan and revised its organizational mission and vision.

Bristol hired Solek in 2012 from East Haddam, where she had been superintendent. She was popular with a Republican-led board in the early years of her tenure, but fell out of favor when Democrats ...

A long time resident of Fort Myers, Florida, wife of the late Henry (Hank) Solek, passed away at Gulf Coast Medical Center on October 15, 2023. Karen was born in Niagara Falls, New York, the ...