From school guard to superintendent at WJCC schools; Daniel Keever's journey

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New Superintendent speaks to James Blair students. (photo courtesy WJCC schools)

The new superintendent of Williamsburg-James City County schools began his education career as a school security guard, working his way up the job ladder to head an 11,300-student school system.

We spent some time last week talking to Daniel F. Keever to learn about his background and his goals for the school system, which is still awaiting resolution of a two-year negotiation between the two governments that fund it.

In today’s installment of our two-part report, we ask about his personal history and the arc of his 30-year education career.

“I was pretty sure when I graduated from high school that I was going to go off to college and go to law school,” Keever told us.

Keever’s parents were in the ministry when they moved the family from North Carolina to Virginia Beach in 1982. Keever has spent most of his life there and con…