Meccariello’s ‘Loyalty’ May Ensure Stability At High School Helm COOPERSTOWN – CCS Superintendent of Schools Bill Crankshaw said he’s recommending Elementary Principal Anne Meccariello for a promotion to return stability to the high school. “Anne’s been with the district 23 years,” said Crankshaw. “And she’s been in education for 28. Anne has a real sense of loyalty to the district. We are in need of consistency at the high school.” The superintendent made the recommendation to the school board’s Personnel Committee…
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BUTLER TOOK JOB WITH HIGH HOPES CCS Principal To Resign At End Of School Year Meccariello Recommended To Succeed 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,…
A CCS Grad Herself, Principal ‘Dynamo,’ Superintendent Says Kristin Butler Just What’s Needed At High School, Crankshaw Predicts By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In second grade, Kristin Butler already knew what she wanted to do. “I wanted to be just like Mrs. Kiser,” the new CCS junior-senior high school principal said in an interview this afternoon. Deborah Kiser “was one of the kindest, most compassionate people I’ve ever known.” Butler, CCS ’99, a SUNY Geneseo graduate,…
Cooperstown Central Names Kristin Butler High School Principal Veteran Teacher, Administrator Succeeds Lucy COOPERSTOWN – Kristin Butler, veteran Cooperstown Central School teacher and administrator, has been appointed junior-senior high school principal, effective July 1. She will succeed Donna Lucy, who resigned last summer. In the interim, Jim Brophy, retired Edmeston Central School principal, has filled the role. A 1999 CCS graduate, Butler has served the district for the past 13 years in both instructional and administrative roles, most recently as…
At CCS, Curriculum Director Succeeds Executive Principal COOPERSTOWN – Veteran teacher Kristin Butler has been appointed director of curriculum, instruction & assessment, responsible for implementation of the Common Core in the Cooperstown Central School District. The position replaces that of executive principal, created when Lynn Strang was recruited in 2013 to move the testing-base curriculum forward. While she is departing at the end of the school year, Strang’s effort pushed CCS’ 2013 test results into the top 2 percent of schools…