Join the Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce for our Business Before Hours With Super Intendent Dr. Donald Fennoy on Wednesday, August 18.
Donald E. Fennoy II, Ed.D., is the 26th Superintendent of the, A-rated, School District of Palm Beach County. The District is the 10th largest school district in the country with a student enrollment of more than 193,000 students. Dr. Fennoy is very proud of the District’s 91.6% graduation rate. The District is the largest employer in Palm Beach County, with nearly 23,000 employees. The annual budget is $3.5 billion.
Prior to his appointment as Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Fennoy served as the District’s Chief Operating Officer from May 2016 to March 2018. He is credited with significantly improving operational efficiencies across the nine departments within his division. In addition, he created organizational structures to successfully execute $1.3 billion in tax referendum projects.
Before coming to Palm Beach County, Dr. Fennoy served as the Senior Area Superintendent of the South Learning Community for the Fulton County School District, where he was responsible for the guidance and improvement efforts of 28 schools. Under his leadership, the South Learning Community schools achieved dramatic academic gains in addition to significantly improving financial and operational outcomes.
Earlier, he served as the Executive Director of the New Leaders for New Schools, Maryland Program, overseeing the day-to-day operations and programming for the Maryland Principal Development Program. In a prior position as a principal in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, his high school received the National School Change Award. This honor is presented annually to six schools in the United States that have demonstrated the greatest academic turnaround in a two-year period.
He is a member of the 2015-2016 class of the Broad Academy, part of the Broad Center for the Management of School Systems, in addition to being part of Leadership Florida's Executive Leadership Class X. Chiefs for Change named him to their 2017 cohort of the Future Chief program. Dr. Fennoy was honored for his outstanding accomplishments in the field of public education, and for being among the most notable 125 alumni of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University during the school’s 125th-anniversary celebration.
Dr. Fennoy graduated from Florida A&M University with a degree in Elementary Education. He went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership, and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Administration from the University of Central Florida.
Dr. Fennoy and his wife Kendra are the proud parents of two beautiful children.