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Detroit Community School District — school board election 2026
On the November 3, 2026 ballot in Detroit City (Wayne County).
Detroit Community School District — Board Member
N/RNatalie Bien-Aime
Challenger; has indicated she is no longer running. No occupation or affiliations found.
BSteve Bland, Jr.
Incumbent (appointed Aug 2025); senior pastor of Liberty Temple Baptist Church, adjunct professor, CEO of Liberty Transformation Resource & Technology Center.
N/RMichelle Broughton
Challenger; no occupation or affiliations found (CitizenDetroit video only).
N/RKatrina Brown
Challenger; no occupation or affiliations found (CitizenDetroit video only).
CCidney Calloway
Challenger; KPMG office manager, DPS graduate and former DPSCD clerical staffer.
N/RBobby Christian
Challenger; after-school program coordinator, youth football coach, community violence intervention worker.
FNicole Conaway
Challenger; Hamtramck teacher, 25 years in classrooms; fired by DPSCD in 2022 after fighting in-person work order; BAMN organizer; prior unsuccessful board run.
N/RVilma Escamilla Duran
Challenger from Southwest Detroit; qualified by petition; no occupation or affiliations found.
CDuane Larry Grigsby, Jr.
Challenger; property-management business owner, DPS graduate, parent, PTA leader, runs reading-tutor nonprofit.
BBessie L. Harris
Incumbent (appointed Oct 2025); retired DPSCD special-education teacher and principal (32 years); lost board bids in 2020 and 2022.
CDavid Harris
Challenger; math teacher/interventionist/coach for 10+ years in public, private and charter schools (Detroit 90/90).
CC. Allan Hubbard
Challenger; DPSCD math academic interventionist and managing director at WhyteRock; PhD/MBA; former college faculty, HR/org development, international education.
DHenrietta Ivey
Home care worker and labor activist; has indicated she is no longer running.
FTabrian C. Joe
Challenger; USPS mail handler, former paraprofessional/reading interventionist; BAMN slate; prior unsuccessful board run.
BShinese Johnson
Challenger; youth substance-use prevention director; 23 years as teacher, administrator, charter board president and consultant; ex-Black Caucus Foundation of MI program director.
DTheodore Jones
Challenger; senior director at Global Detroit, former teacher, school social worker, DPSCD administrator and Michigan House legislative director; doctorate in ed leadership.
CGeorgia Mae Lemmons
Former DPSCD board member (2017-2022); retired DPS teacher of 30+ years; married to LaMar Lemmons.
DLaMar D. Lemmons
Former DPS and DPSCD board member and board president; former Democratic state representative; education policy consultant.
N/RPhil Lloyd II
Challenger; no occupation or affiliations found (CitizenDetroit video only).
N/RDarious Morris
District 3 Detroit Police Commissioner (elected as write-in 2025); has indicated he is no longer running for school board.
FLiana Mulholland
Challenger; works at Gift of Life Michigan; Cass Tech and U-M graduate; BAMN slate.
BTyshea Pope
Challenger; school counselor at Chandler Park Academy (charter), former paraprofessional, mental-health vendor, DPSCD alumna and single mother of two.
CDaNetta L. Simpson
Retired cosmetologist/salon owner; ran for Detroit mayor 2017, 2021, 2025 and MI House 2020 (independent).
N/RTawanna Simpson
Former DPS board member and community activist; lost 2016 DPSCD bid; Wayne State graduate.
DJameel Montgomery Smith
Challenger; licensed child psychologist, director of psychotherapy services at Henry Ford Health, former teacher and school psychologist; chaired Detroit Board of Ethics.
N/RCalesther Smith-Arnold
Challenger; qualified by petition; no occupation or affiliations found.
CTerry E. Whitfield
Challenger; self-employed after-school/nonprofit consultant (TEWday Strategies), ~20 years in youth development; former Skillman Foundation program officer.
FElizabeth A. Williams
Challenger; Osborn High graduate; BAMN slate; no occupation listed.
Detroit Community School District — Board Member
CIjazz Jackson
Partial-term seat (ends 2028). Home health aide; Pentecostal Christian Academy and WCCCD alumna; no prior office.
CAliya Moore
Partial-term seat (ends 2028). Self-employed parent advocate, 13 years advocating for Detroit children; lost board bids in 2022 and 2024.
FShawn Vaughn
Partial-term seat (ends 2028). Paid organizer for By Any Means Necessary (BAMN); Osborn High graduate.