Tuesday, August 28, 2012
"I feel lucky to be here. It's a great place. We've got great community support, we've got great staff and we've got great kids," says the aspiring author and fan of Southern literature, who lives in Auburn Hills with his wife and two dogs.
Follow your passions, work hard and learn from your mistakes are life lessons Superintendent Dennis McDavid will apply in the Berkley School District during the 2012-2013 school year. McDavid, who replaced former Superintendent Michael Simeck in March, will begin his first full year as head of the district when school starts Sept. 4. If you detect a bit of Southern twang in the superintendent's speech, your ears haven't deceived you: The Mississippi-born McDavid moved at age 4 to Indiana, where he grew up one of 13 kids. Inspired by his admiration for Southern authors, McDavid majored in English at Louisiana State University, with a minor in German and a concentration in creative writing. "When I graduated (in 1986), I fumbled around for a…
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Berkley School District
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
The district’s incoming superintendent recognizes the staff members during Monday school board meeting.
Incoming Berkley School District Superintendent Dennis McDavid announced the retirement of six teachers and one custodian on Monday night at the last Board of Education meeting of the school year. Although their recognition was on the agenda, not one of the six retiring teachers could be at the event. “They are sacrificing their moment of glory to do their work,” McDavid explained. “They are busy grading finals and other final projects. That’s the glory of a teacher’s life.” The retiring teachers are: David Andrus, a custodian and maintenance worker, was on hand to receive his recognition for his 21 years of service to the district. “Some people don’t realize the connection between the janitors and maintenance workers and the kids,” …
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Pattengill Elementary School
3540 Morrison Ave, Berkley, MI
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Anderson Middle School
3205 Catalpa Dr, Berkley, MI
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Berkley High School
2325 Catalpa Dr, Berkley, MI
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Berkley School District
14700 Lincoln St, Oak Park, MI
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Dennis McDavid works to help realign some of his base pay to allow increases for other school district employees, as well as elevate Mary Beth Fitzpatrick to assistant superintendent.
The Berkley Board of Education on Monday night approved a three-year contract for new superintendent Dennis McDavid that also allows raises for nearly a dozen other district employees and nets the district a small savings. McDavid's contract includes a base salary of $158,000 a year, an annuity of $10,000, tuition reimbursement for one class toward doctorate degree per semester and a doctoral differential of $5,000 a year. McDavid, the district's director of schools and human resources, will take over for Michael Simeck on July 1. McDavid volunteered to give up some of the base salary the district was prepared to offer him to allow for $1,000 a year increases in base salary for 10 board office staff members, according to Lawrence J. …
Monday, March 12, 2012
Board of Education votes 6-0 to replace outgoing superintendent Michael Simeck with Dennis McDavid, the district's current Director of Schools and Human Resources.
Less than a month after Berkley Schools Superintendent Mike Simeck announced he would leave his position at the end of this academic year, the Board of Education has approved his successor. As expected, the Berkley school board voted 6-0 at Monday night's meeting to hire current Schools and Human Resources Director Dennis McDavid — the only candidate for the job. Describing the decision to exclusively look internally for Simeck's replacement, school board President Paul Ellison explained how countless officials from Michigan and surrounding states who he met had groused about their selection processes. “They talked about how grueling the process had been and how the available talent pool was not as favorable as they would have liked,” he …
Dennis McDavid, the Board of Education’s choice to succeed outgoing superintendent Mike Simeck, is poised to receive the green light.
Less than a month after Berkley Schools Superintendent Mike Simeck announced he would leave his position at the conclusion of this academic year, the Board of Education is preparing to appoint his successor at tonight’s regular board meeting. Current Schools and Human Resources Director Dennis McDavid — the only candidate for the job — has been employed by the Berkley School District since 2005 when he was hired as an English teacher. His career trajectory has been on the ascent ever since. McDavid became principal of Berkley High School in 2007 before being hired to his current leadership position in 2009. The decision to toss his hat in the ring for the top job came at the suggestion of both the school board and the current …
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
McDavid tackles topics such as school bond, technology, finances and management style before a friendly audience Tuesday night.
Any concern candidate Dennis McDavid may have felt interviewing for Berkley Schools’ top job Tuesday night likely evaporated once he walked into the school board’s conference room to a round of applause. Dressed smartly in a dark suit, McDavid flashed a smile toward the crowd of mainly parents who came to hear his answers to a variety of questions posed to him by the Board of Education and the audience about his qualifications for superintendent of schools. Current Superintendent Michael Simeck announced his resignation Feb. 14, effective at the end of the school year. Following past practice of looking internally for superintendent candidates, the board invited McDavid, the district’s current director of Schools and Human Resources, to …
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Internal candidate Dennis McDavid will be interviewed Tuesday night by the Board of Education with input from the community.
Tonight, the Berkley Board of Education will interview Dennis McDavid, currently Berkley Schools’ human resources director, for the position of superintendent. Current Berkley Schools Superintendent Mike Simeck announced Feb. 14 that he would resign at the conclusion of 2011-12 academic year. So far, McDavid is the only candidate for the job and the school board does not intend to conduct an outside search. The board says it will consider questions from the public. So tell us – and the school board – what questions you have for the superintendent candidate as well as what traits are you looking for in a new superintendent. Please leave your questions and suggestions in the comment area below. The board's special session begins at 8:15 p.m…
With a public interview of a single internal candidate set for tonight, some are unhappy or puzzled over a lack of an external search or more candidates to consider.
Three weeks after Berkley Schools Superintendent Mike Simeck announced he would resign at the conclusion of 2011-12 academic year, the Board of Education plans to unveil its top — and thus far only — choice to replace him during tonight’s school board special session. The unusual public interview of applicant Dennis McDavid, currently Berkley Schools’ human resources director, takes place amid concerns by some that a decision by the board to forgo an external candidate search may be shortsighted. In a statement released to parents last week by board President Paul Ellison enumerating reasons he and other board members demurred on looking outside the district for a new superintendent, the one-page letter focused on two key rationales: …
Leslie Ellis
11:49 am on Wednesday, September 12, 2012
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