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Drapp Joins Area Cooperative Educational Services

January 22nd, 2019

(North Haven, CT. January 22, 2019) Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES) is proud to announce the appointment of Edward Drapp as Director, Fiscal Services. Drapp comes to ACES after 25 years as a district administrator including 18 years as a school finance director and 7 years as superintendent. He will report to ACES Executive Director Thomas Danehy who made the announcement.

“We are very excited that Ed has joined the team to head up our Fiscal Resources Department. His overall experience as both an educator 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.”

Drapp, a Bridgeport native, will be responsible for directing a team of professionals that manages payroll, budgeting, financial analysis, and accounts payable for all ACES schools, services, and programs. He earned a MBA in Corporate Innovation from Post University. His undergraduate degree is a Bachelor of Science degree in Independent Studies from Charter Oak State College. 

“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 Drapp. “I came to ACES because of its stellar reputation for providing diverse and unique individualized programs and services for the students it serves.”

Drapp 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.