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Hello! I’m Lori Higgins for Chalkbeat Detroit, here with your morning roundup of education news.
Micah Walker from BridgeDetroit has a story about a longtime principal at one of Detroit’s last remaining African-centered schools being reassigned and a new leader replacing him. Jeffery Robinson was reassigned from Paul Robeson Malcolm X Academy, Superintendent Nikolai Vitti told Micah, because of disciplinary incidents and performance issues. You can read more here.
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Local News
Longtime Detroit principal not returning to his school after disciplinary incidents, DPSCD says
Jeffery Robinson, principal at Paul Robeson Malcolm X Academy, will no longer lead the K-8 school due to several disciplinary incidents, Detroit Superintendent Nikolai Vitti said.
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