Dalton Names New Head After Tumult of Pandemic and Politics
- Jose De Jesus was raised in NYC; heads school near Chicago
- Ex-Dalton leader left after criticism over Covid and diversity
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Dalton has selected a new leader, after the elite New York City private school was battered by the same forces that hit many others: Covid-19 and issues of race and equality.
Jose De Jesus will become head of school at Dalton, on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, on July 1, 2022. He is currently in the same role at Lake Forest Academy, in Lake Forest, Illinois, a wealthy Chicago suburb.