Our guest for lunch this week is Dr. Christopher Delgado, Superintendent of Farmington Public Schools which serves approximately 9,000 students pre-K to age 26 in the metro-Detroit area.
After graduating from Michigan State University, he began his career as a high school and middle school Spanish teacher in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Six years later he returned to Michigan as an elementary and highs school Spanish teacher in Birmingham, MI. His teaching tenure was followed by 18 years in administration, including roles as high school associate principal, middle school principal and deputy superintendent. He completed his Bachelors and Masters of Educational Administration from Michigan State University, and his Educational Specialist and Doctorate from Oakland University.
He has been married for 29 years to his wife, Leslie, who is an instructional coach in Birmingham Public Schools. They have three children.