The North Hills School District has named Kaitlin Hoch its new interim elementary assistant principal. Hoch will work at West View Elementary School during the 2023-24 school year while the building is under construction.

Hoch joined the North Hills School District in 2017 as a first grade teacher at Ross Elementary School. She moved to McIntyre Elementary School the following year as a fourth grade teacher, a position she held for five years, through the last school year. She also served as McIntyre’s Safety Sponsor from 2018 through 2023 and McIntyre’s head teacher from 2020 through 2023.

“Kaitlin will be an invaluable asset and a tremendous help to (principal Jesse Simpson), his staff and West View’s students during the renovation project,” district superintendent Dr. Patrick J. Mannarino said in announcing her hiring at the School Board’s Aug. 3 committee meeting. “We are thrilled she is able to join the team this week as we prepare for our students’ return for the new school year on Aug. 23.”

Hoch graduated from Duquesne University with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education (pre-K-4) and a master’s in school administration (K-12).

Hoch’s position is not permanent, but the district said it will allow the administration and school board to evaluate the need for elementary assistant principals across the district.

The North Hills School District previously had one assistant elementary school principal who spent time at all four elementary schools, but the position was eliminated due to budgetary restraints as a result of the covid-19 pandemic.

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