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Practically two dozen individuals are working for 3 seats on the Detroit faculty board throughout a pivotal time for the college district.
The Detroit Public Colleges Neighborhood District is fighting excessive charges of power absenteeism amongst college students, low tutorial achievement, enrollment declines, and problems with local weather and tradition inside faculty buildings.
The 16 candidates who answered questions for Chalkbeat Detroit’s voter information have loads of concepts for addressing these points and extra.
There will likely be 22 candidates on the poll. One of many candidates, Jason Malone, stated he isn’t working resulting from an damage. Solely one of many three incumbents, Sherry Homosexual-Dagnogo, is looking for re-election. Meaning there will likely be two new faces on the board, as members Misha Stallworth and Sonya Mays have opted to not search re-election.
The brand new faces may change the make-up of the board, significantly if they’re candidates who’re at odds with the priorities of present board members and Superintendent Nikolai Vitti, who acquired a contract extension earlier this 12 months.
Beneath, you’ll discover candidate bios and their solutions to some essential questions in regards to the district. For details about voting, together with early voting and absentee voting, go right here.
Lori Higgins is the bureau chief for Chalkbeat Detroit. You’ll be able to attain her at lhiggins@chalkbeat.org.
