New Superintendent Chosen for Pocantico Hills Schools

A new superintendent of the Pocantico Hills Central School District has been selected.

Board President Emily Segal said Carol Conklin-Spillane was chosen to lead the district.

Conklin-Spillane will be formally appointed at a meeting this month and will begin in the position July 1, 2016

She will be replaces Dr. Marilyn Terranova who has been interim superintendent since January.

Conklin-Spillane has been principal of Sleepy Hollow High School since 1994.

Segal said the board was excited to have Conklin-Spillane become superintendent because she has had a long and positive relationship with the district.

“In Carol, we have a respected, nationally recognized educator who aslo brings demonstrated commitment to our children,” she said. “She is a student-centered teacher and leader who apprieciates the wonderful traditions that make Pocantico such a special place, and also recognizes the need for innovation and rigor in 21st-century academics.”

Last year, Conklin-Spillane was appointed to the governor’s Common Core Task Force and crafted a series of recommendations that have been embraced as a roadmap for improving teaching and learning in the state.

She was seleted as Outstanding Regional Administrator of the year in 2012 by the Empire State Supervisors and Administrators Association.

Photo caption: Carol Conklin-Spillane. Photo credit: Courtesy.