MIDDLETOWN – Middletown School Superintendent Amy Creeden has been reinstated, effective Monday, March 9th, the school district announced on its website.
Camille Adoma, who has been serving as Acting Superintendent, will continue in her role as the Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction. Creeden has been on leave since September. She was named superintendent in March 2022 after serving as interim for five months.
Creeden and her attorney, Greg Berck, could not be immediately reached for comment on Friday. In January, Creeden was cleared of wrongdoing in a federal disability complaint, according to an internal investigation.
The 19-page report was put together by upstate law firm Ferrara Fiorenza PC, which was hired by the Middletown Board of Education after a district employee filed an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) complaint against Creeden.
In November, the Middletown Board of Education (BOE) rejected a motion to return Creeden to her position on Dec. 1 by a 5–4 vote.
The complaint alleged the superintendent failed to adequately accommodate a district employee coping with the death of a spouse and ongoing medical issues, raising concerns about potential violations of federal disability law.
However, investigators found no evidence that Creeden violated the law or retaliated against the employee. The report states the employee received reasonable accommodations and that, while the process was not perfect, it met the standards required under the ADA. As part of the probe, 19 people in the district, including Creeden, were interviewed.
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