Nicole Conaway
Candidate for Board of Education Member, Detroit Community School District, 4 Year Term
Background
- Occupation
- Teacher, Hamtramck Public Schools
A classroom teacher for 25 years, currently at Hamtramck Public Schools, who previously taught at Detroit's Catherine Ferguson Academy. Running on the BAMN slate.
Documented positions
Public safety
Supports a sanctuary policy keeping ICE away from schools
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“We need a real sanctuary policy to keep ICE away from our schools.”
Education
Supports rescinding four school closings and replacing the superintendent
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“Rescind the closing of Clarke, Catherine Blackwell, Ann Arbor Trail, and Greenfield Union schools; firing Vitti and hiring a new superintendent”
Proposes ending all non-mandated standardized testing
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“End all non mandated standardized testing and advocate to minimize state required testing”
Opposes automatically closing any school
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“No school should ever be “automatically closed”.”
Supports keeping Eid al-Fitr as a district holiday
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“The district recognized the Eid al-Fitr holiday in 2022 in direct response to student led action. Reversing that decision is a betrayal to those students.”
Other issues in this race
Other candidates in this race addressed these topics. We found no documented position from Nicole Conaway on them.
- Taxes & budgetNo documented position found.
- Roads & infrastructureNo documented position found.
- Health & human servicesNo documented position found.
- Courts & justiceNo documented position found.
All sources (3)
- Official Candidate List, November 3, 2026 General Election
Election filing · Wayne County Clerk · waynecountymi.gov
- Sample ballots, November 3, 2026 State General Election: Wayne County (every precinct)
Election filing · Michigan Department of State, Michigan Voter Information Center · mvic.sos.state.mi.us
- Detroit school board voter guide: candidate questionnaire responses
Candidate questionnaire · Chalkbeat Detroit · s3.amazonaws.com
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