At the hearing of the public on June 25, parent advocate Christina Ross told the Anchor Bay School District Board of Education she was “disappointed” the district allowed Chesterfield Township to hold early voting at Sugarbush Elementary and said the practice disrupted routines for special‑education students.

Ross said she had previously appealed to the board in 2023 regarding a parent-volunteer denial and later obtained counsel and an expungement; she told the board the district had previously asked for “transparency and accountability” and that, in her view, the school’s lease agreement prohibited voting until the building’s sale in August. She said families pulled their children out during early voting and criticized what she described as a lack of “accountability or transparency” from the township and the district.

“Imagine yourself in my shoes. My child is unable to verbally communicate her needs,” Ross said, adding that her advocacy aims “to create and build trust.” Superintendent Jankowski told the board staff would scan the packet of documents Ross delivered and email them to board members.

The board did not take formal action during public comment. Administrators said they will follow up with concerns raised within 48 hours and that public-comment protocols require attendees to state name and address and limit remarks to three minutes.