School Board Welcomes Mark Morawski as New BCS Principal

The Birmingham Board of Education approved Morawski's hiring at their Tuesday night meeting.

Birmingham Public Schools welcomed its newest principal Tuesday night, with the school board approving the hiring of Mark Morawski to fill the empty principal position at the Birmingham Covington School (BCS). Morawski, a Birmingham resident, comes to Birmingham Public Schools after spending nearly 20 years with the Farmington Public Schools district, most recently serving as principal at Farmington's Gill Elementary since 2006. BCS has been looking to hire a new principal after the former principal, Adam Hartley, left the district at the beginning of August, taking an assistant superintendent position with Swartz Creek Community Schools in Genesee County. Hartley led BCS — which is designed for students looking for a rigorous approach to …

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Farmington Administrator Accepts Principal Job at BCS

Gill Elementary principal Mark Morawski confirms the job offer in a note sent home to Farmington parents Friday.

Farmington Adminstrator Accepts BCS Principal Job

Gill Elementary principal Mark Morawski confirms the job offer in a note sent home to Farmington parents Friday.

The Birmingham Covington School (BCS) may soon have a new principal. According to a note sent home to parents Friday, Mark Morawski, principal of Farmington's Gill Elementary, accepted the position of principal at BCS, Birmingham Public Schools' combined elementary and middle school. A final decision is dependent on approval from the Birmingham Board of Education at their Dec. 4 meeting. On Saturday morning, Deputy Superintendent for Educational Services Paul DeAngelis confirmed that Morawski was being recommended to the school board for the position, but said the district would release more information after Tuesday's meeting. Morawski was named a finalist for the position in mid-November alongside Lake Orion's Oakview Middle School …

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BCS Narrows Principal Search to 2, Parents Invited to Community Forum

Principals from Lake Orion and Farmington have been named finalists in the search for the next principal at the Birmingham Covington School.

And then there were two. Two candidates have been named finalists in the search for the Birmingham Covington School's (BCS) next principal, and parents are invited this week to meet those candidates and share what they're looking for in BCS's next leader. John Bernia, principal at Lake Orion's Oakview Middle School, and Mark Morawski, principal at Farmington's Gill Elementary School, were named finalists Monday, according to a note from Birmingham Public Schools. BCS is looking to hire a new principal after the former principal, Adam Hartley, left the district at the beginning of August, taking an assistant superintendent position with Swartz Creek Community Schools in Genessee County. Hartley led BCS — Birmingham's combined elementary and…

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