School board

Board of Education Member, Detroit Community School District

Partial Term Ending 12/31/2028

Vote for: 1
Term: 4 years
Candidates: 3
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A school board member is one of the officials who set policy, approve the budget and hire the superintendent of the school district.

Candidates Compare by issue

Taxes & budget

Ijazz JacksonNo party listed
- Supports keeping literacy and academic intervention as a budget priority
Aliya MooreNo party listed
No documented position found.
Shawn VaughnNo party listed
- Supports forgiving the debt from Detroit's state takeovers

Public safety

Ijazz JacksonNo party listed
No documented position found.
Aliya MooreNo party listed
- Supports regular ICE protocol training for staff and community
Shawn VaughnNo party listed
- Supports making Detroit a sanctuary city to protect immigrant students

Education

Ijazz JacksonNo party listed
- Pledges to keep schools open and support struggling students
- Supports parental accountability for absences, paired with support
- Opposes closing schools only for appearing on the small-schools list
- Supports considering Eid al-Fitr as a permanent district holiday
Aliya MooreNo party listed
- Supports more attendance agents and help with rides
- Supports consolidating some of the district's 19 small schools
- Opposes heavy reliance on screen-based tools like i-Ready
- Supports observing the Eid holiday
Shawn VaughnNo party listed
- Proposes expanding bilingual education and elementary language classes
- Opposes punitive measures toward parents over absences
- Supports celebrating Eid in schools like other holidays

Challengers are listed first and incumbents last; otherwise candidates appear in ballot order. The Gist does not rank, rate or endorse candidates. Only positions backed by a cited source are shown; 3 issues covered in this race.