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Dearborn trustees face two vacancies after one resignation and a second announced resignation
Summary
Trustee Irene Watts’s Aug. 11 resignation triggered a 30-day requirement to fill her seat; Trustee Berry announced he will submit his resignation effective midnight, prompting the board to open an Aug. 25 application window and seek legal clarification on whether a majority to appoint means the current seated board or the full seven-member board.
President Mozart announced at the Aug. 18 Dearborn Board of Education meeting that Trustee Irene Watts had submitted her resignation effective Aug. 11 after moving out of the district and that the board must fill the vacancy within 30 calendar days under state law. "We will truly miss, Trustee Watts on the board," Mozart said, and the board posted an application process that closes Aug. 25 at 4 p.m. on dearbornschools.org.
Minutes later Trustee Berry told colleagues he planned to resign as…
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