Detroit School Board Virtual Candidate Forum, 2022
Most candidates were concerned with absenteeism, literacy, parent engagement and state funding. Many newcomers criticized the current Board of Education and Nikolai Vitti, superintendent of the Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD), while incumbents were less critical.
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Documentation
The event was live-blogged on Mastodon and Twitter for Detroit Documenters, which offers its own report.
Documents available on Documenters.org, including the meeting agenda.
Board of Education meetings have been documented. The last meeting on Oct. 11 was documented by Eric Walton and Paul Warner. The next meeting on Nov. 10 was documented by Amber Umscheid and Gina McPherson.
Visit the Board of Education website for official information. This event was hosted by Chalkbeat Detroit and WDET.
Related news articles
- “DPSCD chronic absentee rates worst in the U.S.”
Nov. 18, 2022, Roz Edward, Michigan Chronicle - “Newly elected Detroit school board members share top priorities”
Nov. 10, 2022, Ethan Bakuli, Chalkbeat Detroit - “Here’s where candidates for the Detroit school board stand on education issues”
Oct. 11, 2022, Ethan Bakuli, Chalkbeat Detroit - “Metro Detroit schools partner with rideshare to aid bus driver shortage”
Oct. 9, 2022, Sarah Rahal, The Detroit News
Materials
Archived pages
Mastodon posts and meeting page are archived on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.
Audio
The actual start of the meeting (5:32 p.m.) can be heard two minutes into the recording.
Images
Screenshots of online meeting. Due to limited resources, image descriptions are provided on request — contact me.
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