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BUTLER TOOK JOB WITH HIGH HOPES

CCS Principal To Resign

At End Of School Year

Meccariello Recommended To Succeed

Kristin Butler

COOPERSTOWN –  After less than a year as Cooperstown Junior-Senior High School principal, Kristin Butler will resign at the end of the school year, according to a letter sent out this afternoon by Superintendent William Crankshaw.

She cited "personal reasons," according to Crankshaw's letter.

According to his letter, the superintendent says he's recommended Ann Meccariello, the elementary principal, to succeed Butler, and and that he'll begin the search for her replacement in a few weeks.  It's unclear from the letter if the school board has voted to proceed accordingly.

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