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Community speakers urge board to include Dr. Brandy Lovelady Mitchell’s voice amid separation

Grand Rapids Public Schools Board of Education · April 14, 2026
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Summary

Several speakers asked the board to allow Dr. Brandy Lovelady Mitchell to present her perspective after media coverage of her separation, and a number of commenters offered personal testimonials about her leadership.

Multiple community members used public comment time at the April 13 Grand Rapids Public Schools board meeting to urge the board to include Brandy Lovelady Mitchell’s perspective following her separation from the district.

Micah Perkins, a fellow trustee at another institution, said the board has so far heard only one side in media coverage and requested that Dr. Lovelady Mitchell be given a…

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