The Irvington school board approved its new superintendent earlier this month.
Mara Ratesic will take the reins July 1, coming to Irvington from the Bronxville school district.
Ratesic has over 20 years of experience in education. Before her current role as an assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction in Bronxville, Ratesic was a principal at P.S. 77, a New York City public school.
She grew up in Pittsburgh and started her teaching career as an elementary school teacher in Maryland.
Ratesic will succeed Superintendent Kristopher Harrison, who resigned in February because of health reasons. Harrison was superintendent of the district for over a decade. He went on leave at the end of the 2022-23 school year.
Joel Adelberg, who retired as Bedford’s superintendent in June 2022, has been serving as Irvington’s acting superintendent.
The Irvington school district has around 1,700 students across four schools.
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