{"id":7946,"date":"2026-11-04T17:44:38","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T21:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/?p=7946"},"modified":"2026-11-04T18:13:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T22:13:43","slug":"dearborn-elects-new-school-board-trustees-passes-major-bond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/dearborn-elects-new-school-board-trustees-passes-major-bond\/","title":{"rendered":"Dearborn elects new School Board trustees, passes major bond"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voters have elected two new members to the Dearborn School Board, Mohamed Ali Hammoud and Mallak Anani, while reelecting trustees Adel Mozip and Ali Bazzi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hammoud, an attorney and graduate of Dearborn Public Schools, was the top vote-getter in the race for the full term on Tuesday, followed by Mozip and Anani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Incumbents Nasri Sobh and Mary Petlichkoff lost their seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Before I became an attorney, I was a student in Dearborn Public Schools,&#8221; Sobh said in a social media post ahead of the vote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This is the city that raised me, the schools that helped shape who I am today, and the community I have always been proud to call home.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hammoud received 18,720 votes, Mozip 18,604 and Anani 17,407. Sobh was farther behind with 13,928 votes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mozip &#8211; who was appointed to the board in April 2019 and elected to a full term in November 2020 &#8211; thanked the community for his win on Tuesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This victory doesn\u2019t belong to me. It belongs to our community: the parents who asked hard questions, the students who reminded us what\u2019s at stake, the volunteers who knocked on doors in the cold, the neighbors who put up yard signs, the community leaders and organizations who stood with us, and every single person who voted,&#8221; Mozip said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;You showed what Dearborn is: a community that shows up for its children.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the partial term, trustee Bazzi kept his seat, fending off a challenge from Nofila Haidar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bazzi won 18,899 votes compared to Haidar&#8217;s 13,683.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voters in Dearborn and parts of Dearborn Heights that fall under the Dearborn Public Schools district also comfortably passed a transformational bond for the schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The measure will help transform buildings and infrastructure across the district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bond will raise $1.5 billion and kick off 20 years of construction, including replacing several facilities and building six new schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 68 percent of voters backed the bond.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='clear '><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Voters have elected two new members to the Dearborn School Board, Mohamed Ali Hammoud and Mallak Anani, while reelecting trustees Adel Mozip and Ali Bazzi. Hammoud, an attorney and graduate of Dearborn Public Schools, was the top vote-getter in the race for the full term on Tuesday, followed by Mozip and Anani. 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