How will the Detroit district select a new school board member?

A person speaks to the Detroit Public School Community District board, sitting on the stage of a high school auditorium.
The Detroit school district's board will vote to select a new member at the end of July. (Elaine Cromie / Chalkbeat)

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The Detroit district’s school board announced Monday the process it will use to select a new member to fill the seat left vacant by Angelique Peterson-Mayberry.

Peterson-Mayberry resigned from the seven-member board last week after she was appointed to the Wayne County Commission to complete the term of Irma Clark-Coleman, who died last month.

The Detroit Public Schools Community District board will vote this month to appoint a new member to finish Peterson-Mayberry’s term through the end of 2026.

Here’s how the application and selection process will work:

  • The board will continue to accept applications until 5 p.m. Wednesday.
  • Applicants must fill out the information at this link, and submit a resume, a letter explaining why they are interested in the position, as well as a copy of an identification card showing a Detroit address to Vania Moore at vania.moore@detroitk12.org.
  • All applicants who submit those materials will be emailed a link to survey questions by 5 p.m. Friday. Responses to the survey questions are due by 5 p.m. July 16. The entire survey must be completed.
  • Each applicant who provides the required information by the deadline will be interviewed by the board. The interviews will be held July 21-24. All of the interviews will be held in public meetings.
  • Board members will score each candidate’s application, survey responses, and interviews.
  • An independent third party, along with the board chair and vice chair, will tally the scores of each application on July 25.
  • The board will vote to fill the seat at a public meeting on July 28.

Hannah Dellinger covers Detroit schools for Chalkbeat Detroit. You can reach her at hdellinger@chalkbeat.org.

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