Berkley School District begins contract negotiations with new superintendent
Scott Francis
BERKLEY The Berkley School District’s Board of Education has selected its next superintendent.
At its May 10 meeting, the board discussed its final two candidates for superintendent: Berkley Schools District Director of Teaching, Learning and Technology Scott Francis and Detroit Public Schools Community District Assistant Superintendent Beth Gonzalez.
The current superintendent, Dennis McDavid, will be leaving his job after nine years when his contract expires at the end of June. The district reviewed 24 applicants before whittling them down to Francis and Gonzalez.
The board ultimately decided to select Francis, who is in his ninth year working in Berkley, with a 7-0 vote. Before taking on his current job, he was the principal at Pattengill Elementary School.
The Oakland County Child Killer Case Background
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Someone killed at least four children in Oakland County, Mich. between 1976 and 1977.
Investigators have been working for decades to determine who the serial killer is and if he is still alive. Those who knew the victims their families, friends, classmates, teachers, coaches and neighbors have been forever changed by what happened during the 13-month period from February 1976 to March 1977. In that time, the four children were abducted and murdered with their bodies left in various locations within or just outside Oakland County.
There were at least two other murder cases that investigators believe may have been victims of the “Oakland County Child Killer” or “The Babysitter Killer,” as some called him.