Practically two dozen persons are vying for 3 seats on the Detroit Public Colleges Neighborhood District board. On Oct. 15, you’ll have an opportunity to get to know them forward of the Nov. 5 election.
Chalkbeat Detroit — together with BridgeDetroit, Detroit Documenters, Detroit Free Press, Outlier Media, and WDET — is internet hosting a candidate’s discussion board on the Eastside Neighborhood Community.
RSVP right here to attend the DPSCD college board candidate discussion board.
College students and Chalkbeat journalists will ask candidates about how and why they need to information the varsity district for the following 4 years. We are going to middle most questions on the problem of power absenteeism. Beneath Superintendent Nikolai Vitti, the district has invested sources in bettering attendance. These efforts have contributed to declines within the charge of power absenteeism within the final two college years, however the charge remains to be properly over 60%. We are going to focus on different points, together with questions submitted by attendees.
Beneath, you’ll see an inventory of the candidates whose names will seem on the poll. They’re working at a pivotal time for the Detroit college district, which along with excessive charges of power absenteeism amongst college students can be fighting low tutorial achievement, enrollment declines, and problems with local weather and tradition inside college buildings.
Our Oct. 15 candidate discussion board is a free occasion, however please register to tell us you’re coming as area is restricted. We can even be livestreaming the occasion as a digital possibility.
Meals will probably be served.
Detroit college board candidates are:
- Monique Bryant
- Sherisse Butler
- Richard Clement
- Nicole Conaway
- Sherry Homosexual-Dagnogo
- Victor Gibson
- Marie Hill-Nixon
- Tabrian Joe
- Christopher Johnson
- Toson Knight
- Eugene Lewis
- Jason Malone (he has indicated he isn’t working resulting from an harm)
- Aliya Moore
- Jennifer Nixon
- Faustine Amara Onwuneme
- Benjamin Royal
- Ida Simmons Quick
- R. Amir Quick
- Tawanna Simpson
- Kenneth Snapp
- Jeremiah Steen
- Boyd White III
RSVP for the Detroit college board discussion board:
RSVP: Candidate discussion board for Detroit Public Colleges Neighborhood District board
When: Tuesday, Oct. 15, 5:30 to eight p.m. ET
The place: In-person at Eastside Neighborhood Community, 4401 Conner St., Detroit, MI
