Articles tagged:Willow Run school board

Posted: Tue Jan 18 6 a.m. by David Jesse
Former Willow Run Superintendent Doris Hope-Jackson claims board member's spurned lesbian advance led to her firing

Doris Hope-Jackson Former Willow Run Schools Superintendent Doris Hope-Jackson has claimed in a lawsuit that a long-running conflict she had with former school board President Sheri Washington stemmed from a spurned lesbian advance Washington made shortly after Hope-Jackson was hired. That spurned advance set Washington on a path to destroy ...

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Posted: Wed Nov 3 2:36 a.m. by David Jesse

Voters in the Willow Run school district threw Sheri Washington off the school board Tuesday, adding another layer to the ongoing saga in the troubled district. Washington, the school board president, had been the driving force in the board's removal and eventual firing of former superintendent Doris Hope-Jackson. Hope-Jackson is ...

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Posted: Tue Sep 7 9:09 p.m. by David Jesse
Willow Run school board fires former superintendent Doris Hope-Jackson

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 ...

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Posted: Fri Jul 16 6:02 a.m. by David Jesse
State approves Willow Run school district deficit elimination plan

When the Michigan Department of Education gave its approval to the Willow Run school district’s deficit elimination plan, it did so with a word of caution, district officials said Thursday night. That’s because while the plan relies on cuts, it’s also heavily based on seeing enrollment increases - something the ...

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Posted: Fri Jul 9 6:02 a.m. by David Jesse
Doris Hope-Jackson, Laconda Hicks sue Willow Run school district

Updated at 1:40 p.m.: This story has been updated with details from the police report filed with the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department.Moves by the Willow Run school board to fire Doris Hope-Jackson and Laconda Hicks were made in retaliation after the pair of administrators filed a police report against the ...

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Posted: Wed Jun 30 6 a.m. by Tom Perkins AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist
Willow Run considers changing 50% of its high school staff to qualify for grant funds

Willow Run High School may not see 50 percent of its staff or its principal return to work in the fall. The school is eligible for up to $2 million in federal grants to help boost achievement, but must enact significant changes to receive the funds.

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Posted: Mon Jun 14 10:07 a.m. by David Jesse
Hearing into former Willow Run school superintendent's conduct begins Wednesday

Former Willow Run school Superintendent Doris Hope-Jackson will return to the district this week to face a hearing on charges that she misappropriated funds. The school board will start the due process hearing at 1 p.m. Wednesday with a special meeting. The board is expected to immediately go into closed ...

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