Dexter, Missouri - Gavin Miller, Assistant Principal at T.S. Hill Middle School has been named Assistant Superintendent of Dexter Public School effective, Monday, November 7, 2016.

"The Board has been in the process of hiring an Assistant Superintendent for the 2017 school year," commented Rick Williams, President of the School Board.  "We had candidates and were narrowing the list down slowly and that list included Mr. Miller."

"Due to the unfortunate circumstances of placing Mitch Wood, Superintendent, on paid administrative leave we as a Board chose to move our selection process up," continued Williams.

Miller graduated from Dexter High School in 1988 and earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business from Evangel University in 1993.  He earned his teaching certificate in 1996.  Miller went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Education Administration from William Woods University in 2011 and is currently working on a Specialist Degree from William Woods University.

He has 19 years of education under his belt.  Two years he taught PE and Business classes at New Madrid County Central and coached football, wrestling, and baseball.  He was at Dexter High School for eight years teaching marketing/COE classes, coached football, girls basketball and was High School Athletic Director.  He moved away for six years teaching personal finance and computer apps for four years at Smith-Cotton High School in Sedalia, Missouri and then finished with two years as Assistant Principal.  He worked at the Bernie school district as high school and junior high principal for two years and was then hired as assistant principal at middle school last year.

He is married to Kristin Miller of 13 years.  She is a 7th grade science teacher at T.S. Hill Middle School.  They have three children, Madelyn who is 20 years old, Maddox age 12, and Jaxon age 7.