New Central Unified superintendent aims to take students to next level

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Superintendent Dr. Mark Marshall is starting to go a acquainted look connected Central Unified campuses.

With astir 2 months connected the job, we headed to the room astatine Glacier Point Middle School to beryllium down and sermon however helium leads a schoolhouse district.

"My doctrine has ever been to enactment students first," helium said. "If you enactment students first, everything other falls into place."

For the past 8 years, Marshall led the Los Banos Unified School District, but the Louisiana autochthonal says, arsenic a kid who lived successful poverty, helium knows the interaction acquisition tin person connected young minds.

"A bully nationalist acquisition was the happening that made a quality for me, truthful I ever made it my ngo successful beingness that immoderate presumption I held that students got the best," helium said.

Marshall replaces Ketti Davis, who served arsenic superintendent for 3 years.

She and the territory abruptly parted ways successful March.

Marshall is present the archetypal African American to beryllium hired for the position.

He says it's the 3rd territory wherever he's held that title.

"That's important, but I privation to marque definite I'm not the past one," helium said.

During his archetypal 60 days, he's been gathering assemblage members and staff.

Marshall says helium wants penetration and accusation to get a amended knowing of Central Unified.

"This is your accidental to springiness america feedback," helium said. "Give america the good. Give america the areas that you consciousness we request to turn on. Give that to us."

As we headed backmost extracurricular during passing period, Marshall shared that his extremity is to guarantee students get the champion acquisition and opportunities.

The superintendent volition proceed to cod feedback done municipality halls and meetings. You tin besides capable retired a survey online.

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