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Detroit school board swears in members, elects Coletta Vaughn president and names committee assignments
Summary
The Detroit Public Schools Community District board sworn in newly elected members and selected officers Jan. 14. Bishop Dr. Coletta Vaughn was elected board president; Latrice McClendon vice president; Ida Short secretary; Dr. Iris Taylor treasurer. The board also adopted committee rosters and internal representative appointments.
Bishop Dr. Coletta Vaughn was sworn in and elected president of the Detroit Public Schools Community District Board of Education during the board's organizational meeting on Jan. 14, 2025. The board voted by voice to confirm Vaughn after she accepted the nomination.
The vote followed the swearing-in of newly elected and returning members earlier in the meeting. Latrice McClendon was elected vice president; Ida Short was elected secretary; and Dr. Iris Taylor was elected treasurer. Each officer accepted the nomination before the voice votes that the chair called, and the chair passed the gavel to President Vaughn after her election.
The newly constituted board then made committee appointments and internal representative assignments. Among them: Dr. Angelique Peterson Mayberry was named chair of the Curriculum and Academics Committee; Dr. Iris Taylor will chair the Finance Committee; Latrice McClendon will chair the Policy ad hoc committee; Angelique Peterson Mayberry and Monique Bryant were named to the Code of Conduct Hearing Committee; and board members were assigned as delegates to the Michigan Association of School Boards and other external bodies. The board also designated an individual for posting meeting notices, ratified the 2025 school board meeting calendar and approved district memberships in the Michigan Association of School Boards and Wayne County Association of School Boards via a tie-bar motion.
The board approved the day's agenda at the start of the meeting and approved minutes from prior meetings after a motion to tie-bar those items. No formal roll-call tallies were recorded in the public minutes for the officer elections or the committee assignments; the meeting record shows voice votes and motions carried as stated on the record.
President Vaughn closed the organizational business and presided over the remainder of the evening's regular board meeting, which included reports from the superintendent and CFO, recognitions, public comment, and administrative items.
The board scheduled its next meetings and noted committee chairs and internal representative duties as part of its organizational duties for 2025.
