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Mike Cave is a 52 year Wellesley resident and property owner residing at 28 Avon Road. He has 57 years of experience in K-16 public, private and parochial education.
He has a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from the Connecticut State University system and a second Master's degree in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from Harvard University.
He is currently licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as a Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent, Principal/Assistant Principal and as a teacher of several subject areas.
He has served as a classroom teacher and administrator in Wellesley, several Massachusetts school districts, and in schools in Connecticut, New York state, and North Carolina.
Wellesley Resident
K-16 Education Experience
MA Superintendent, Principal, Teacher
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Mike Cave has the time, energy, educational background and experience to help move our excellent school system to the next level.
As a former teacher, he can view and solve educational issues from the teacher's point of view.
As a former administrator, he can analyze the many challenging situations that face our schools, to formulate and advocate for policies to address those situations.
"As an educator, Mike will be there for your child"
Committed to excellence in Wellesley education
Mike Cave began his teaching career in a small Connecticut school district and soon moved to Wellesley to teach at Wellesley High School. As a teacher at Wellesley High School for seven years, he became intimately familiar with the unique nature of Wellesley, its schools and the needs of its students.
After leaving Wellesley, he broadened his experience and gained new educational perspectives through service in several public, private, and parochial schools in Massachusetts, New York State and North Carolina.
He recently returned to Wellesley in retirement as an intermittent substitute teacher at the High School, Middle School, and the Bates Elementary School. This assignment provided him with direct experience in the Wellesley Public Schools classrooms of the 21st Century.
Concurrently with this work, Mike Cave has held full-time teaching roles in some of the Boston area's most prestigious private schools.
A Unique Combination
Mike Cave now seeks to apply this unique combination of training and direct experience in Wellesley's schools to his work as a member of the Wellesley School Committee.
Practical solutions grounded in direct experience and fiscal responsibility
Mike Cave is personally committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. He has firsthand experience navigating the challenges of transitioning to cleaner energy, including efforts to install heat pump technology at his own Wellesley property.
With projected changes in K-5 enrollment, capital investments must be strategic and forward-looking. Large-scale projects should be timed appropriately and designed with minimal environmental impact.
Based on direct classroom experience at the Middle School, Mike understands that conditions during August through October and again in May and June make climate control improvements essential for students and teachers. The School Committee should study successful retrofitting projects at comparable schools, including Diamond Middle School in Lexington and Beaver Country Day School's historic building renovation.
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