William Byrd High School Assistant Principal Aric Palazzola will become assistant principal at Cave Spring Middle School beginning July 1. He replaces Mike Brancati, who is retiring at the end of the current school year.

Palazzola first joined Roanoke County Public Schools in 2007 as a technology education teacher.  He has served as a technology teacher and ITRT at Cave Spring High School, William Byrd Middle School, William Byrd High School and Hidden Valley Middle School.  In 2015 he was named an assistant principal at William Byrd High School.