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Nov 25, 2022 · James, Akron Public Schools’ former Superintendent for more than 13 years, and most recently the Deputy Superintendent of Operations for Columbus City Schools, brings nearly 30 years of public education leadership experience to Summit Education Initiative. He will begin in his new role with SEI on January 3, 2023.
Jun 28, 2021 · David James is retiring this week after 29 years with Akron Public Schools, with the past 13 of them as the district’s superintendent. James’ last day in Akron is June 30, but this isn’t the end of his career in public education.
Dec 8, 2022 · It's not immediately clear who will succeed Dixon as interim superintendent; Deputy superintendent David James is leaving December 31st for a position in Akron. Dixon is a few months into her second three-year contract with the district, with a base salary of $262,000. Tags. WCBE News CCS Superintendent Talisa Dixon Columbus City Schools.
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James has a reputation of being a guy without an ego, who credits the team over himself. At 6-foot-3-inches, he looms large in any meeting but is perfectly happy never speaking. He also surrounds himself with people, including Assistant Superintendent and Chief of Academics Ellen McWilliams-Woods, who augment areas where he isn't as strong. He also...
James Hardy's first introduction to David James was at a community forum about whether to close East high school. Hardy, now a deputy mayor in Akron, was then a young candidate for school board, and James was the head of business operations for the school district. Hardy watched as the school board and the superintendent sat above the crowd on a da...
The board called James in for a second interview, made him a finalist out of a field of about 20 candidates and then picked him for the job. After the vote, James called his parents to tell them the news. "What have I done?" James said he asked them. James grew up in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Cleveland. Both his parents worked, his mom in ...
A few years later, James said, the staff at North High School was concerned their school might close amid a slew of financial and academic issues. James sent a handful of the school's administrators to Nashville to see the academy model in action. "Those folks went down and came back and it was like, 'You're not moving fast enough. We really want t...
So Ma Ya, a 2020 North graduate whose family immigrated to the United States when she was about 7, is one of the college and career academies' early success stories. Her family is from Myanmar but was in Thailand before coming to the states. So Ma was in the Akron Children's Hospital Academy of Health and Human Services, in the biomedical engineeri...
Hardy said he wasn't at all surprised it was James who oversaw the launching of "probably the most comprehensive academic overhaul that the district’s seen in several generations." "He's a solution-oriented person," Hardy said. Getting businesses on board as well, he said, was "all David." Grindall wasn't surprised, either. "You have to look for wa...
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David W. James, Ed.D. - Executive Director - Summit Education Initiative | LinkedIn. Educational Leader. Akron, Ohio, United States. 709 followers 500+ connections. View mutual connections with...
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Nov 25, 2022 · Former Akron Public Schools Superintendent David James is the new executive director of the Summit Education Initiative. The nonprofit group announced the hiring Friday afternoon in a post on Facebook. He will begin his new role Jan. 3.
Aug 18, 2020 · Akron Public Schools Superintendent David James has announced he will retire from the position next June. James has been with the Akron Public Schools for almost 29 years. He's been superintendent for the past 12 years.
