Monday, February 11, 2008
News
Gray staying with Owosso schools
By GARY WEBSTER Argus-Press Education Editor
It turns out Greg Gray was already “home.”
“Like I said, ‘I love Owosso,'” Gray, superintendent of Owosso Public Schools, reiterated Saturday while relating he had been eliminated as a candidate for the superintendent's position at his alma mater, Grand Ledge Public Schools.
Gray, after applying for the Grand Ledge job, said: “My wife (Chris) and I are both from Grand Ledge. Her family and mine still live there. I love Owosso, but Grand Ledge is my hometown.”
Preliminary interviews of six finalists for the Grand Ledge position were conducted last week. Gray was not among three chosen for second interviews and site visits.
Gray, a 1990 graduate of Grand Ledge High School, first came to Owosso in July of 2000 as assistant high school principal. After two years at Owosso High School, he was named principal at Owosso Middle School before succeeding Larry Audet as district superintendent in the middle of the 2005-06 school year.
Chris Gray works at Owosso's central office as a senior accountant.
Grand Ledge's superintendent finalists have been narrowed to:
n Dale Martin, superintendent in Downers Grove, Ill., and a 44-year educator.
n Steve Matthews, director of curriculum for Troy Community Schools who is a former professor in the School of Education at the University of Michigan.
n Christopher Rundle, superintendent of Harrison Community Schools who is a former Michigan State Police post commander.
“Like I said, ‘I love Owosso,'” Gray, superintendent of Owosso Public Schools, reiterated Saturday while relating he had been eliminated as a candidate for the superintendent's position at his alma mater, Grand Ledge Public Schools.
Gray, after applying for the Grand Ledge job, said: “My wife (Chris) and I are both from Grand Ledge. Her family and mine still live there. I love Owosso, but Grand Ledge is my hometown.”
Preliminary interviews of six finalists for the Grand Ledge position were conducted last week. Gray was not among three chosen for second interviews and site visits.
Gray, a 1990 graduate of Grand Ledge High School, first came to Owosso in July of 2000 as assistant high school principal. After two years at Owosso High School, he was named principal at Owosso Middle School before succeeding Larry Audet as district superintendent in the middle of the 2005-06 school year.
Chris Gray works at Owosso's central office as a senior accountant.
Grand Ledge's superintendent finalists have been narrowed to:
n Dale Martin, superintendent in Downers Grove, Ill., and a 44-year educator.
n Steve Matthews, director of curriculum for Troy Community Schools who is a former professor in the School of Education at the University of Michigan.
n Christopher Rundle, superintendent of Harrison Community Schools who is a former Michigan State Police post commander.