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Burke to retire as Carlton School principal
SALEM — Carlton School Principal Phil Burke announced he will retire at the end of the school year.
Burke, 62, has worked in the Salem Public Schools for 26 years in various capacities and at different schools.
His impending retirement marks the fourth administrative vacancy the schools have to fill next year.
Burke came to Salem High in 1984 as a teacher/counselor, and he plans to use his counseling skills once again to work with veterans after his retirement.
"There are a number of federal and contract positions working with veterans that interest me," said Burke, who served two tours in Iraq as a combat-stress counselor with the Army Reserves. He has worked with both U.S. front-line troops and Iraqi prisoners of war. He joined the National Guard in 2007.
During his career in education, Burke became assistant principal at Salem High School in 1989 and principal in 1996, a post he held for three years. He then worked as a counselor at Bates School until he was deployed in 2005.
When he returned home in November 2006, he worked at Collins Middle School for the remainder of the school year and became Carlton School principal in 2007.
"Phil has consistently poured his energy into accomplishing what is best for the students whom he has worked with," Superintendent William Cameron wrote in an e-mail to faculty and staff this week. "I have seen that commitment to the welfare and personal growth of students in my time working as his colleague."
Burke's departure means the district will need to hire three principals: for Carlton School, and the city's two K-8 schools, Saltonstall and Nathaniel Bowditch.
Bowditch Principal Ana Hanton announced last month that she will retire at the end of the school year, and former Saltonstall School Principal Margaret "Peg" Voss Howard retired last summer. Interim Principal Robert Teel is serving a one-year appointment at Saltonstall this year.
On top of that, Assistant Superintendent Alyce Davis announced last month that she will retire this summer.
All four positions are being advertised.
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