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Sal Villa
Albany High School '65
Albany High teacher, coach and football standout
After his 1969 graduation from SUNY Albany, Salvatore Villa returned to
Albany High School as a teacher.
While at Albany High, he taught world history and American
history, was an advisor to the ski club, a coach of the school’s
“Answers Please” team and a student activities coordinator. He became
assistant South House principal in 1979 and South House principal the
next year. In 1989 he was tapped to guide the planning and development
of what later became Albany’s first two magnet schools.
After he returned to Albany High,
he went on to develop programs to improve academic achievement at Albany
High School and implemented a senior internship program into the school
curriculum. He retired from the district in 2002 but came back for a
stint as interim principal of School 20, now North Albany Academy. He
was appointed as Albany’s deputy commissioner of youth and workforce
services in 2004 and has overseen the city’s Truancy Abatement Project
since then.
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