An educator who has spent 19 years in the Greece School District is being recommended for the assistant principal position at French Road Elementary School in Brighton.

On April 23, Deanna Spagnola will be recommended to the Brighton Board of Education from a large pool of qualified applications.

Principal of French Road Elementary School Matt Comeau said, “Ms. Spagnola brings a sincere and dedicated desire to do what is best for children. I am very pleased to recommend Ms. Deanna Spagnola to the Board of Education and look forward to being in partnership together with the students, staff, and parents at FRES.”

Spagnola most recently served as the K-5 Coordinator of Special Education in the Greece Central School District. She will start with the Brighton School District on July 1.

Spagnola lives in Penfield with her husband and three daughters.

The “SRS cruise ship,” the theme of the fourth annual Blue and Gold Ball to benefit St. Rita School in Webster, will set sail at High Falls in Rochester on Saturday, April 20.

This year's event is expected to "stay afloat" with all the excitement that accompanies cruise ship festivities. 

In addition to silent and live auctions at the ball this year, guests will be welcome aboard to bid online at www.biddingforgood.com/srs. There are more than 100 auction items.

New to the silent auction this year will be "priceless teacher experiences," which include sixth grade teacher and Hall of Fame inductee Marguerite Laniok's Charm School.

Lilly Fursman, coordinator of the "teacher experiences" said, "the teachers have been so creative in coming up with fun ideas for the students.”