The City School District of Albany Board of Education has appointed William Flax-Leight as a new assistant principal at Giffen Memorial Elementary School.
Flax-Leight comes to Albany by way of the Troy City School District, where he taught English language arts to students in grades 7- 8 since 2006. He also served as the district’s K-12 ELA curriculum leader for the past four years. Besides his work in schools,
Flax-Leight directed a prekindergarten literacy program in Troy since 2012 and led adult literacy groups at the Troy Public Library since 2015. Before becoming a teacher, he was an award-winning reporter and columnist at The Altamont Enterprise newspaper.
Flax-Leight earned a bachelor’s degree in English and writing, and a master’s degree in English and adolescent education from The College of Saint Rose. He earned his school board leader certification from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
His appointment at Giffen fills a vacancy created by the resignation of Jason Rogers. Flax-Leight reports to his new post Jan. 2, joining Principal Jasmine Brown and Assistant Principal Jared Fox on the Giffen leadership team.
