Ypsilanti, MI -- The village has spoken.  The Washtenaw County Election Commission listened.  There will be a recall campaign that will circulate petitions for the recall of Willow Run Community School Board members Claudette Braxton, Board President, Clifford Smith, Board Trustee, and Andreas Blakita, Board Trustee.

We invite you to read the information contained here in this website, as well as www.willowrunwatchdogs.com to garner a deeper understanding as to why these board members are being held accountable and RECALLED from the Willow Run Community Schools Board of Education.

In addition to voting to approve a contract extension and raise for the embattled superintendent Dr. Doris Hope-Jackson, Braxton, Blakita and Smith voted to approve a budget that included the assuption of getting 170 new students enrooled in our district in order to balance our 2008-09 budget.  The acts were predicated without community support!  The budget that Dr. Jackson and David Houle, Financial Officer for Willow Run schools, was irresponsible and lacking clear vision and realistic financial goals.

Yes, Willow Run has lost more students than we have gained. Our Board of Education refuses to listen to the staff and to the community.  If this Trio is not removed from their elected postions, then our school district will continue to suffer Staff loss, poor leadership, enrollment decline, deficit spending, lack of strategy, lack of community support and most importantly, LACK of TRUST!