About Us

Our Learning Improvement team creates specific conditions to actualize our strategic plan and its focus on the elimination of opportunity gaps. We are committed to improving how central office leadership works to support building principals as instructional leaders to impact improved outcomes for all students.

Our main focus is to effectively partner with principals in both one-to-one and group settings. By creating and sustaining active principal communities of practice or professional learning communities, our goal is to foster continuous growth of individual students and increase school performance.

Dr. Wade Barringer provides leadership, oversight and supports to:

• Kentlake High 
• Kentwood High
• Cedar Heights Middle
• Mattson Middle
• Meridian Middle
• Cedar Valley Elementary
• Covington Elementary
• Crestwood Elementary
• Grass Lake Elementary
• Horizon Elementary
• Jenkins Creek Elementary
• Sawyer Woods Elementary
• iGrad
• Kent Mountain View Academy
• Kent Phoenix Academy
• Regional Justice Center

Barbara Harris provides leadership, oversight and supports to:

• Kent-Meridian High
• Mill Creek Middle
• George T. Daniel Elementary
• East Hill Elementary
• Kent Elementary
• Martin Sortun Elementary
• Meadow Ridge Elementary
• Meridian Elementary
• Millennium Elementary
• Neely-O'Brien Elementary
• Pine Tree Elementary
• Scenic Hill Elementary

Dr. Marion Smith, Jr. provides leadership, oversight and supports to:

• Kentridge High
• Meeker Middle
• Northwood Middle
• Carriage Crest Elementary
• Emerald Park Elementary
• Fairwood Elementary
• Glenridge Elementary
• Lake Youngs Elementary
• Panther Lake Elementary
• Park Orchard Elementary
• Ridgewood Elementary
• Soos Creek Elementary
• Springbrook Elementary
• Sunrise Elementary