FALL RIVER — Though he’s taken Diman on a journey, Andrew Rebello said he’s “ready for the next step.” 

The assistant superintendent-principal at Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School will be stepping away from the school where he's devoted over eight years of his education career. The news comes one week before the start of classses.  

Effective Sept. 3, he will be the assistant superintendent at Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School in Taunton, “a new opportunity I feel compelled to pursue.” 

"We have had a lot of success at Diman over the past four years, and that has come with many opportunities,” Rebello said in an interview Wednesday morning. “Many opportunities which I did not consider — many opportunities that I did turn down.”

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