NEW ROCHELLE, NY — On Wednesday, June 5, Michael Galland accepted an offer from the Board of Education to become Principal of Davis Elementary School, effective July 1, 2013. The Personnel Resolution to approve this appointment will be voted on by the Board at their June 25 Meeting. Mr. Galland will succeed Mr. Harrell, who has served in this position for 29 years.
Mr. Galland is currently the Assistant Principal at Columbus Elementary School. He began his career with the New Rochelle Public Schools in 1998 as a classroom teacher at Columbus School. In 2003, he was appointed to the position of Department Chair of Mathematics and Technology at Isaac E. Young Middle School. He served in this role for nine years prior to his appointment as an Assistant Principal last spring.
Mr. Galland holds an undergraduate degree from Tufts University and earned a Masters of Education degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Mr. Galland’s wife, Milagro Galland, is an elementary school teacher at Jefferson Elementary School. They have three sons, Adam, Jonathan and Nicolas, and reside in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
This spring four building principals resigned: Patricia Lambert (Barnard), Don Conetta (NRHS), Dr. Velma Whiteside (ALMS), and Bill Harrell (Davis). The only remaining unfilled principalship is the Albert Leonard Middle School. After failing to selecting a principal in the first go-round, the district has re-opened the search for a successor to Dr. Whiteside.
