![]() ![]() Davis when annexation happened,” she said. ![]() Jones further explained how she was involved in that process. When I look at the role, I don’t look at it as a superintendent role, I look at it as ‘I get to work with these amazing people who work for Marshall Public Schools and I get to meet all of these wonderful community members.’” In a March article from the Battle Creek Enquirer, former Board President Richard Lindsey acknowledged Jones played a key role in the annexation of the Albion School District and Marshall Public Schools in 2016. “We have a wonderful staff in the district. We get to go out to buildings and interact with the kids and interact with the teachers,” Jones added. “Also the kids and the interaction with the kids. That’s one of the many benefits of this role.” Jones added she is also inspired by being able to serve the students as a whole and being able to interact with them and the teachers who are involved in their learning development. There are a lot of great people, leaders and businesses that are really supportive of the school system and really supportive of our kids. Both communities have a lot to offer when you look at it. That to me alone, just having the two communities that we get to serve, is a wonderful thing. “Obviously we have an interesting history as a school system with bringing Albion into the system and serving both Albion and Marshall. “When I look at the district as a whole, I look at it as serving two communities,” Jones said. “It’s an honor and a blessing in how I look at it.” Jones added that she is driven and inspired by being able to serve two communities, being students and families in both Marshall and Albion. ![]() “I think that educating people’s children and educating our youth is a very important role,” said Jones. When reflecting on when she officially was hired into the permanent role, Jones commended the many who have supported her during the process and said she feels honored to now be serving in the role. After eight months, the Marshall Public Schools Board of Education unanimously agreed to hire Jones into the permanent role. It didn’t seem unnatural for me to fill into the role of interim, because it was something I wanted to do.” Jones was appointed interim superintendent in May 2021 after the departure of former Superintendent Randy Davis. I care about the people, I care about families, I care about our students. “So I think that’s just something that has come natural for me over the eight years, I’ve just always built really good relationships with the people that I work with. “I think with how I am as a leader and how I am as a person, I like to build a lot of personal relationships,” said Jones. Jones said the relationships she built over the eight years in that role has helped her transition into the superintendent role. Jones has been in the school system ever since her time at Jackson County ISD before coming over to Marshall Public Schools, where she served as the director of business operations for the district for eight years. I ended up changing and I’m not 100% sure why I changed, but it’s interesting that I ended up into the system in the career path of doing that.” After Jones graduated from EMU, she landed a job in Jackson as a business manager for a construction company before being hired at Jackson County Intermediate School District in business operations. That was part of the reason why I wanted to go to school to be a special education teacher when I started. “My aunt was a special education teacher in an early childhood role and she worked for Jackson ISD. “I always wanted to work in some sort of line in education and be a part of the school system,” Jones said. Even though her master’s degree is in business from Spring Arbor University, Jones originally went to school at Eastern Michigan University to be a special education teacher when she was an undergraduate before making the switch to the business field. Get to know MPS Superintendent Becky Jones as she looks ahead to the new school year Marshall Public Schools Superintendent Becky Jones said she has always had a passion for wanting to work in education.
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