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Simoes Joins ACES as Director of Fiscal Services

December 9th, 2019

ACES New Director of Fiscal Services Olga Simoes

(North Haven, CT. December 9, 2019) Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES) is proud to announce the appointment of Olga Simoes as Director, ACES Fiscal Services. Olga comes to ACES after two years as Director of Finance for Oxford (CT) Board of Education. She will report to ACES Executive Director Dr. Thomas Danehy who made the announcement.

“We are very excited that Olga has joined the team to head up our Fiscal Resources Department. Her overall experience as both a certified school business administrator and in educational finances is the perfect combination for our complex organization,” said Danehy. “We pride ourselves in making sure that we maximize our resources to serve our schools and market resources now and in the future. Olga will definitely strengthen our team to accomplish that goal.”

Olga earned an undergraduate Bachelor of Science (2015) degree and Masters of Business Administration (2018) degree in Accounting from The University of New Haven. Before that, she made the Dean’s list as she earned an Associate of Science Degree in Accounting and Business Administration from Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Besides the Oxford Board of Education, she held financial positions with the Town of Bethany, CT and City of Bridgeport, CT, which included preparing budgets for the Bridgeport Public School’s Board of Education. “My goal at ACES is to maximize the use of resources for the betterment of students and to support the work of the teachers and administrators so that they can focus on the learning needs of students,” said Olga. “I came to ACES because of its stellar reputation for providing diverse and unique individualized programs and services for the students it serves.”

Olga will be headquartered in ACES’ Peter C. Young Building located at 350 State Street, North Haven.

About ACES:

Area Cooperative Educational Service’s (ACES) is to transform lives through education, innovation, and leadership. One of six Connecticut regional educational service centers, ACES is the regional educational services center for the twenty-five communities in New Haven and is both a school district and a non-profit services agency. ACES serves 2,300 students from fifty-seven communities throughout Connecticut at its three magnet schools and nine special education schools. ACES service divisions include international educational programs and services, technology, transportation, translation, behavior services and autism programs, extension therapy services (occupational and physical therapy), assistive technology, collaborative programs, professional development, human resources and financial services, and ACCESS, a vocational and life skills program for developmentally and physically challenged adults. ACES also runs the Open Choice program for New Haven County as well as a magnet school parent choice program for its Wintergreen Interdistrict Magnet School and Thomas Edison Middle School. Additionally, ACES runs the Middlesex County Early Head Start Partnership program. For additional information, go to www.aces.org.