Doris Hope-Jackson’s controversial tenure with the Willow Run school district came to end at 6:28 p.m. tonight, following 17 days of due process hearings. The school board unanimously voted to fire her for misconduct and a material breach of her employment contract. And Hope-Jackson, the former superintendent, has already filed a ...
Former Willow Run Superintendent Doris Hope-Jackson forced district building and grounds supervisor Todd LaPrairie to work in an unheated building with no working bathrooms or water as part of an attempt to rid her administration of white men, LaPrairie alleged in a lawsuit filed this week. “(LaPrairie’s) reassignment and eventual ...
Hearings into whether Willow Run school district administrator Doris Hope-Jackson “defrauded” the district and violated her contract will continue into August, six months after she was placed on administrative leave. School board members have been conducting the hearings since the middle of June. The hearings have been closed to the public ...
Doris Hope-JacksonFormer Willow Run Superintendent Doris Hope-Jackson, who is currently on paid administrative leave while awaiting a due process hearing, will interview Tuesday night for a superintendent's job in Harvey, Ill. The Chicago Tribune reports she is one of two candidates for the job. Hope-Jackson served as an assistant superintendent ...
Recently demoted Willow Run Superintendent Doris Hope-Jackson repeatedly misappropriated local and federal funds during her tenure as the district’s leader, the school board alleges in a 46-page memo approved Thursday night.
The Willow Run school board postponed action tonight on issues related to former Superintendent Doris Hope-Jackson until a special meeting to be held March 25. Hope-Jackson was reassigned last December, and district officials have kept mum about her status.
A former Willow Run school board member says recently removed Superintendent Doris Hope-Jackson is living out-of-state and collecting her full salary. Andy Blakita, who served on the board for 24 years, began reading a prepared speech during public comment at Thursday’s meeting, asserting Hope-Jackson is receiving her $122,400 annual salary ...
As last year’s school board election approached, then-Willow Run Superintendent Doris Hope-Jackson was matter-of-fact about her long-term employment prospects with the district. "If I'm the person they want, that's fine. If not, that's fine,” she told a reporter. Ten months later, she’s been moved to a different position - and ...
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