ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The City School District of Albany has appointed a new principal of Arbor Hill Elementary. Janet Escoto-La Voie was promoted to the position at a board of education meeting on Thursday.
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According to the district, Escoto-La Voie has served as Arbor Hill’s assistant principal since 2017. She first joined the district in 2006, when she began as a Spanish teacher at the high school’s Abrookin Extended Day Program, and has since worked several other teaching and administrative positions.
Escoto-La Voie will replace former principal Rosalind Gaines-Harrell. The longtime leader was named the district’s first director of recruit, development and retention in March.
“Arbor Hill Elementary School is already a place of strength, commitment and heart,” Escoto-La Voie said. “My role as principal is to build on that success by working alongside our incredible faculty and staff as one team.”
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As Escoto-La Voie transfers into the new role, she will be replaced as assistant principal by Tom Verret, a current administrator at The Greater Amsterdam School District. He will begin at Arbor Hill on June 1…