Fairport Central School District’s Director of Facilities Ross Ciulla was recently honored with the George Vito Administrator of the Year award for ‘civil service administrator’ by the SAANYS (School Administrators Association of New York State) for Region 11.

Ross began his career at Monroe 1 BOCES as a maintenance mechanic, then hired by Fairport in 1991 as the maintenance supervisor until 2010 when he became the assistant director of buildings and grounds.  Since 2015 he has been responsible for district facilities, capital projects, department supervision and long range planning for district building needs in his role as director.

Each year, the SAANYS celebrates exceptional New York State administrators with an awards program and banquet held in their honor. This program was established to recognize educators who demonstrate outstanding leadership skills and have made exceptional contributions to the educational process.