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.