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Dearborn School Board Selects Mike Esseily as New Superintendent

DEARBORN — In a historic move, the Dearborn Board of Education voted Monday night to appoint Mike Esseily, executive director of special populations for Dearborn Public Schools, as the district’s new superintendent, making him the first Arab and first Muslim to lead Michigan’s third-largest school district. Trustees Amer Zahr, Mary K. Petlichkoff, Pat D’Ambrosio, Nasri Sobh and Ali Kamel Bazzi voted in favor of Esseily, while Board President Jam…

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In a historic move, the Dearborn Educational Council voted by a majority last Monday to appoint the Executive Director of Special Needs Affairs to Dearborn public schools, Mike Asili, a new general supervisor of the educational district, becoming the first Arab and the first Muslim to lead the third largest school district in Michigan. Asli won five out of seven votes, surpassing his last competitor, Moses Lahka, to succeed former General Superi…

·Dearborn, United States
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wdet.org broke the news on Thursday, May 7, 2026.
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