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Dearborn board swears in two trustees, elects officers and approves six organizational items
Summary
At its Jan. 13 organizational meeting the Dearborn City School District board administered oaths to two new trustees, elected officers for 2025 and unanimously approved six recommended vendors and service providers including banking, legal counsel, auditor and architectural firms.
The Dearborn City School District P-12 Board of Education held its annual organizational meeting Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, where two newly elected trustees were sworn in, the board elected officers for the 2025 calendar year and approved six routine vendor and service appointments in a single, unanimous roll-call motion.
The meeting opened at about 7 p.m. with the administration of the oath of office to two new board members. Jamal Aljami was sworn in with the oath administered by Sayed Al Watih. Amar Zahar was sworn in with the oath administered by Kareem Zahar.
Those oath takings were followed by the board’s election of officers for 2025. Trustee Mozip was nominated and approved to serve as board president; Trustee Irene Watts was nominated and approved as vice president; a nominee listed in the meeting as Trustee Amrzad was nominated and approved as secretary; and Trustee Patrick D'Ambrosio was nominated and approved as treasurer. Each nominee accepted the responsibilities of the office during the meeting; on the record, trustees responded "I do" when asked to accept the duties.
The board then considered a bundled motion to approve six organizational action items. Trustee Moses moved the omnibus motion "Move that action items numbered 1 through 6 be approved as recommended in this agenda," and Trustee Petchekoff supported it. Without further discussion, the board approved the items by unanimous roll-call vote.
Votes at a glance 1) Approval of banking services per board report 24-74 — approved (part of omnibus motion). 2) Approval of general counsel — approved (part of omnibus motion). 3) Approval of a specific legal counsel — approved (part of omnibus motion). 4) Approval of school district auditor — approved (part of omnibus motion). 5) Approval of district architectural firms — approved (part of omnibus motion). 6) Approval of routine advertisement — approved (part of omnibus motion).
The meeting included a brief statement about public participation rules: speakers must register on a blue card and avoid naming students or employees; no blue cards were submitted for this meeting. The board adjourned after confirming the organizational appointments and approvals.
Notes on spelling and transcript inconsistencies: the transcript contains varying spellings for several trustee names (for example, Mozip/Mozart and Zarr/Zahard/Amrzad). This article uses the spellings as they most consistently appeared in the meeting record but flags the transcript inconsistencies in the provenance and clarifying details.
