Sean L. Davenport

In July 2022, Sean L. Davenport, Ed.D., was appointed Superintendent of Community School District 5 in Central Harlem. Dr. Davenport was excited to return to one of the most historical school communities in the country, where he had spent over 20 years of his 26-year career. In 2004, The Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III., Pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church, envisioned an elementary school as a feeder to Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change. So, in 2005, Dr. Davenport founded the Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School. In 2011, Dr. Davenport assumed the principalship of Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change (TMA), a 6-12 secondary school, and in June 2018, graduated the educational corridor's first K-12 pipeline.