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GRAND LEDGE - Marcus Davenport was a student at Michigan State University majoring in political science when he first thought about a career in education.
A volunteer stint at a Lansing elementary school convinced him to consider teaching. What most appealed to him then, the challenge, still drives his career as an administrator two decades later.
"My goal was to always work in challenging environments," Davenport, 43, said.
For the last four years he's been at the helm of Beecher Community Schools, a small school district of fewer than 700 students north of Flint. When he took the job as superintendent there, Davenport said, the district was $1.5 million in debt and enrollment numbers were dropping rapidly.