"The Detroit Board of Education today voted to appoint Dr. Nikolai Vitti superintendent of the Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD.)

Last month, we respectfully requested that the board grant Interim Superintendent Alycia Meriweather a formal interview. That didn't happen, unfortunately. We believe that Meriweather, the first DPSCD superintendent with Detroit classroom experience since Dr. Eddie Green nearly 20 years ago, has provided much needed stability after an often volatile period in recent school district history. It is our hope that Meriweather remain an important member of

Thanks to all who attended our productive meeting. The following schools were represented: 

• Academy of Americas Elementary
• Adult Education West
• Bagley Elementary
• Bennett Academy
• Brewer Academy
• Cass Technical
• Clark Preparatory Academy
• Clippert Academy
• Cody Academy of Public Leadership
• Cody Medicine and County Health Academy
• Detroit Collegiate Prep at Northwestern
• Detroit International Academy for Young Women
• Drew Transitional Center
• Durfee
• East English Village Preparatory Academy
• Edison
• Emerson
• Foreign Language Immersion Cultural Studies
• Frederick Douglass Academy
• Gompers
• Greenfield Union
• Jerry L. White Center
• John R

You’ll find information on a number of high priority bills under consideration.

Knezek Offers Resolution Demanding Snyder Drop the Appeal and Return our 3 Percent

Sen. David Knezek (D-Dearborn Heights) introduced on March 29 SR 37, a resolution demanding Gov. Rick Snyder return the money taken illegally from school employees’ paychecks from 2010-12, the subject of a seven-year court battle led by AFT Michigan and the Michigan Education Association.

Three separate courts have found the law in violation of the state constitution, as it forced the deduction of 3 percent of school employees’ wages

"I know some of the teachers are going to ask, why did he leave Detroit?” said Ivy Bailey, Detroit Federation of Teachers - DFT Local 231, president.

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MARCH 22--The American Federation of Teachers Detroit, at the request of its members, called on the Detroit Board of Education to extend Interim Superintendent Alycia Meriweather an opportunity to interview as a finalist for the Detroit Public Schools Community District superintenden position.

During her tenure, Interim Superintendent Meriweather has led the way in restoring trust, confidence and hope in our school district. She has earned an opportunity for further consideration. While we respect the Board's process, we hope that it will give our request ample consideration.

Superintendent

The dues deduction for 2016 was: $897.16

Deductions from January thru July 2017: $570.92