Innovation director hired by Elmsford district

James Yap of Garrison public schools
James Yap

James Yap, the director of innovation and learning at the Garrison School, will leave the district at the end of the month to become an assistant superintendent in Westchester County.

Yap, who was hired by the Garrison district in 2022, will become assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, technology and certificated personnel for the Elmsford Union Free School District. Its board approved the hire on July 9. The Garrison board said it would begin a search for an interim administrator.

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