Tarrytown School District Names New Interim Superintendent

The School District of the Tarrytowns Thursday named Dr. Daniel McCann the system’s new superintendent, replacing Dr. Christopher Clouet, officials announced.

Clouet is resigning, effective June 30, and McCann will formally take over on July 1. In a recent letter to parents and staff, Clouet explained that his decision to resign grew out of a desire to return home.

“After having been considered for the Commissioner of Education in Connecticut position, which put me in contact with many old friends and colleagues, my wife and I decided we wanted to return to our home state to finish our careers there,” he wrote. Clouet leaves the post with two years remaining on what was originally a four-year contract.

The Board of Education will begin a search for a permanent superintendent in August and hopes to name a new one by July 1, 2016.

McCann comes to Tarrytown having served recently as interim principal of Pleasantville High School. Before that, he served six years as Superintendent of Schools for the Hendrick Hudson School District in Montrose from 2006 to 2012. Prior to that, he served as Deputy Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction, Staff Development, Testing and Personnel for the Rye City School District.

Patch file photo of Dr. Daniel McCann