Carlton Jenkins is up for the challenge As the new superintendent of the Madison Metropolitan School District, Carlton Jenkins’ career comes full circle. December 29, 2020 7:00 AM Doug Moe Updated: Photo by John Ficenec Assuming the role of Madison Metropolitan School District’s superintendent is a return to Madison for Alabama-raised Carlton Jenkins (pictured), who worked as an associate principal at Madison Memorial High School in 1993. Two things happened when Carlton Jenkins first arrived on the campus of Mississippi Valley State University in 1987. One was immediate, the first day. He met a woman named Lisa. “The first day I hit campus,” Jenkins says, “I told her I was going to marry her.”