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Community urges board to preserve University K12 leadership as restructuring looms

Southfield Public School District Board of Education · April 17, 2026
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Summary

Parents, staff and curriculum leaders urged the board to preserve a unified head-dean leadership role at University K12 Academy, warning that diluting that position amid building transitions and enrollment pressures could fragment instructional alignment and risk losing families.

Board members heard multiple public comments urging them to preserve a single leadership structure for University K12 Academy amid planned administrative restructuring and upcoming facility moves.

At the public-comment portion, Kathy Slate, curriculum supervisor, told the board that University’s success — including high school index scores, expanded programming and strong family retention — was the product of “clear vision, consistent leadership,…

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