There's a Doctor in the House?

John Buckey is a career educator, with over twenty years as a school and district leader. He completed his Bachelor's degree in secondary education and Spanish at Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky.  He was a Spanish teacher and World Language Department Chair at The Lexington School in Lexington, Kentucky.  John went on to the Harvard Graduate School of Education where he earned his Masters in Administration, Planning and Social Policy with a concentration in the Principalship.  After graduate school, John was the Dean of Students at The Andrew Schools in Cleveland, Ohio before returning to the East Coast to become Assistant Principal at Littleton High School.  After four years, he was named Principal.  John moved to Nantucket to become the Principal of Nantucket High School in 2008.  He was named Massachusetts High School Principal of the Year in 2013.  John earned his doctorate in Educational Administration from Northeastern University in 2014.  He served on the Board of the Massachusetts Schools Administrators Association from 2015 to 2020 and as President of the Association in 2018.  In 2020, Dr. Buckey left Nantucket to become Superintendent of Schools for the Marblehead Public Schools. He was voted President of the North Shore Superintendents Roundtable in 2022. He is currently the Interim Principal of Hingham High School.  John and his husband Kevin, Deputy Chief of Police for North Shore Community College, live in Marblehead.