New administrators appointed in Roseville Community Schools

ROSEVILLE — Roseville Community Schools has added a dean of students and made some principal changes for the 2022-23 school year.

Robert Beato has been named principal at Eastland Middle School, and Kirk Duncan is the newest assistant principal at Roseville High School.

Roseville High School Assistant Principal Chris LaFeve is now Roseville Middle School principal, and school officials have brought in a newly formed dean of students at Eastland Middle School, a position filled by former Roseville Middle School teacher Joe Jelsone.

Eric Gauthier, who spent last year splitting time between Eastland and Roseville middle schools as assistant principal, will now be the full-time assistant principal at Roseville Middle School.

“The district is fortunate to have added such high-quality, experienced individuals to the schools,” Superintendent Mark Blaszkowski said. “I look forward to working closely with them and using their ideas to enhance our district implementation of our strategic plan.”

At press time, school had been scheduled to begin Sept. 6.

Beato has worked in education for more than 20 years. He started his teaching career in 1999 as a social studies teacher in South Lake Schools in St. Clair Shores. He served as dean of students from 2006 to 2013 before becoming assistant principal at South Lake High School in 2013.

He has spent the past six years serving as head principal of South Lake High School. In 2019, the educator was named the Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals Principal of the Year. Beato said he loves the small neighborhood feel of Eastland Middle School and is looking forward to the middle school experience.

Duncan entered the field of teaching in 1998, teaching high school social studies and coaching football in Indiana. After moving to Michigan, he spent four years teaching at Birmingham Groves and then made the move to administration to become assistant principal at Royal Oak Middle School from 2014 to 2019.

Since 2019, he has served as principal of Mount Clemens Secondary Complex Grades 6-12 Middle & High School. Duncan said that he is excited to work with the district and build teams to make students’ daily experience impactful, relevant and memorable.

LaFeve, a familiar face in the district, looks forward to leading Roseville Middle School.

“As I start to meet many staff members, the one thing that stands out is their excitement for this upcoming new school year,” LaFeve said in a prepared statement. “It is great to be part of such a positive and passionate school atmosphere, and I am excited to see all the amazing things our students accomplish this year.”

Jelsone started his career in education 13 years ago, teaching at Michigan Works before spending a few years teaching adult education at L’anse Creuse Public Schools and Lake Shore Public Schools. He was hired into Roseville in 2014 and spent the last seven years teaching social studies at Roseville Middle School.

While at Roseville Middle School, he participated in several school and district leadership opportunities, including serving as a member of the school improvement team, chair of the social studies department and a member of several curriculum and leadership committees. He has also spent time as the teacher-in-charge and the summer school secondary administrative intern.