Leadership Update
Arlando Lara, Assistant Principal, Hoover Elementary
Arlando Lara, Assistant Principal, Hoover Elementary
The Yakima School District is proud to welcome Arlando Lara to the position of Assistant Principal at Hoover Elementary School.
Mr. Lara previously served as an administrator, teacher, and coach in the Tacoma, Kent, and Lake Chelan school districts. Most recently, Arlando served two years as assistant principal at Wilson Middle School.
While working at the middle level, he worked to foster a collaborative community within the school and teaching teams. He was highly involved in the PBIS team and was the primary ASB advisor for Wilson MS.
Arlando values creating and maintaining meaningful relationships with all school community members and will continue this work at Hoover Elementary School. He embraces the idea of working as a team so everyone succeeds - a philosophy that is reflected in Hoover’s leadership vision of T.E.A.M. (Together Everyone Achieves More).
Arlando's spouse, Jessica, also works in education as a director at ESD 105 in Yakima. They have four children, and the family enjoys camping anywhere near the water around the state!
Arlando looks forward to contributing to the quality work currently underway at Hoover Elementary by its staff and is anxious to connect and build relationships with families and students.