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School board members: 7
Students: 16,228 (2023-2024)
Schools: 25 (2023-2024)
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Plymouth-Canton Community Schools is a school district in Michigan (Washtenaw and Wayne counties). During the 2024 school year, 16,228 students attended one of the district's 25 schools.

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Plymouth-Canton Board of Education At-large

General election

General election for Plymouth-Canton Board of Education At-large

Faize M. El-Khali, Patti McCoin, and Jennifer Vos ran in the general election for Plymouth-Canton Board of Education At-large on November 5, 2024.

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Plymouth-Canton Board of Education At-large

General election

General election for Plymouth-Canton Board of Education At-large

Incumbent Kate Borninski, incumbent Kim Crouch, and incumbent Michael Siegrist won election in the general election for Plymouth-Canton Board of Education At-large on November 4, 2014.

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Election rules

 

Election dates and frequency

See also: Rules governing school board election dates and timing

School board general elections in Michigan are held on the first Tuesday after the First Monday in November every two years in even-numbered years.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.384

Recent or upcoming election dates for all local school districts in the state

Below are the recent/upcoming dates for all local school districts in the state. There may be exceptions to these dates for specific districts because of local charters and district-specific exceptions and carve-outs.

  • Filing deadline date: July 21, 2026
  • General election date: November 3, 2026

Election system

School board members in Michigan are elected through nonpartisan general elections without primaries.

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Party labels on the ballot

See also: Rules governing party labels in school board elections

School board elections in Michigan are nonpartisan, which means party labels do not appear on the ballot for school board candidates. Michigan Election Law on school board candidate nominating petitions states, "(2)The nominating petition must be substantially in the form prescribed in section 544c, except that the petition must be nonpartisan." It also states, "At any regular election, the names of the several nonpartisan offices to be voted for shall be placed on a separate portion of the ballot containing no party designation in the following order: [...], and in a year in which an election for the office is held, local school district board member, metropolitan district officer, and district library board member."

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Winning an election

The candidate or candidates that receive the most votes in the nonpartisan general election are elected to office.

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Term length and staggering

All school districts other community school districts in Michigan have board member terms of either four or six years depending on the board by-laws. As of 2022, 60% of school districts in Michigan had six-year board member terms, and 40% -- including community school districts -- had four-year board member terms.

Community school districts in Michigan have four-year board member terms. Initial terms for the first board members of newly organized community school districts are two, four, or six years to stagger elections.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.11a and Michigan Statute Section 380.384

For community school districts in Michigan, as close to half of school board members as possible for each district are elected every two years, which means either three or four seats are up for election at each even-year election. At the first board member election after community school districts are first organized, all seven board member seats are elected. Two members are elected to two-year terms, three members are elected to four-year terms, and two members are elected to six-year terms, with higher vote totals dictating longer initial terms. After initial terms, all board members have four-year terms, which results in staggered elections: four seats up in one election and three seats up in the next election.

Michigan statute requires that at least one board member must be elected every two years at each regular even-year election. Specific seat staggering details for school districts other than community school districts are determined at the local level by the district board's bylaws. Most districts with four-year board member terms elect as close to half of board members as possible every two years. Most districts with six-year board member terms elect as close to one-third of board members as possible every two years.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.384 and Michigan Statute Section 168.301

Representation: at large vs. by sub-district

School board members in Michigan are elected at large by all voters in the district.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Michigan Statute Section 168.303, Section 168.307, and Section 380.384 (3)

Filing deadlines and swearing-in dates

School board candidates must file affidavits and nomination petitions or candidate filing fees by 4 p.m. on the 15th Tuesday before the November election. This means that the school board candidate filing deadline is in late July every even-numbered year.

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Newly elected school board members in Michigan officially take office on January 1 of the year following the election.

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Recall elections

 
See also: States that allow school board recalls

Recall procedures

State Specific grounds required? Signature requirement Petition circulation time When recalls can start
Michigan No 25% of voters in the jurisdiction in the last gubernatorial election 60 days between collection of first signature and collection of last signature; recall petitions are eligible to collect signatures for 180 days For two-year terms, recalls cannot start until an official has been in office for six months, and they cannot start in the last six months of an officer's term

For four-year terms, recalls cannot start until an official has been in office for one year, and they cannot start in the last year of an officer's term


Recall efforts

2024
See also: Plymouth-Canton Community Schools recall, Michigan (2023-2024)

An effort to recall three of the seven members of the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools Board of Education in Michigan did not go to a vote in 2024. Lauren Christenson, Patrick Kehoe, and Shawn Wilson were named in the recall petitions. Recall supporters did not collect enough signatures within the 60-day collection period.[1]

The recall petitions were filed on August 22, 2023. The Wayne County Election Commission approved the recalls for circulation during a clarity hearing on September 6, 2023.[2][3] Earlier recall petitions against the three members were rejected for a lack of clarity in a hearing on August 17, 2023.[4]

The recall effort started after the board voted 6-1 to retire the school district's Chiefs mascot and logo.[2]

All three board members were elected to six-year terms in 2020.[2] At the time the recall petitions were filed, Wilson was serving as president of the board, Christenson was serving as vice president, and Kehoe was serving as treasurer.[3]


About the district

School board

Plymouth-Canton Community Schools consists of seven members serving six-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members
NameYear assumed officeYear term ends
Jennifer Vos20252030
Anupam Chugh Sidhu2028
Sheryl Picard2028
Judy Westra2028
Lauren Christenson2026
Aamina Ahmed20242026
Patrick Kehoe20152026

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Overlapping state house districts

Plymouth-Canton Community Schools
Office NameCurrent OfficeholderParty% School District Covered% Other District Covered
Michigan House of Representatives District 24Ranjeev PuriDemocratic Party 43% 87%
Michigan House of Representatives District 23Jason MorganDemocratic Party 32% 20%
Michigan House of Representatives District 22Matt KoleszarDemocratic Party 24% 36%
Michigan House of Representatives District 25Peter HerzbergDemocratic Party 1% 1%

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Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[5]

Revenue, 2021-2022
SOURCE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Federal: $24,562,000 $1,500 9%
Local: $92,342,000 $5,641 35%
State: $145,472,000 $8,886 55%
Total: $262,376,000 $16,028
Expenditures, 2021-2022
TYPE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Total Expenditures: $269,477,000 $16,461
Total Current Expenditures: $223,121,000 $13,629
Instructional Expenditures: $132,785,000 $8,111 49%
Student and Staff Support: $33,999,000 $2,076 13%
Administration: $23,402,000 $1,429 9%
Operations, Food Service, Other: $32,935,000 $2,011 12%
Total Capital Outlay: $34,435,000 $2,103
Construction: $25,992,000 $1,587
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other: $4,972,000 $303
Interest on Debt: $6,820,000 $416

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."[6]

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2021-2022 57 79 26 51 60-79 56 58
2020-2021 58 79 26 46 >=50 52 58
2018-2019 63 83 31 52 40-59 63 65
2017-2018 50 67 23 43 21-39 52 51
2016-2017 59 78 24 44 40-59 53 61
2015-2016 59 80 26 48 40-49 60 61
2014-2015 60 77 24 51 40-49 59 62
2013-2014 65 81 36 58 40-49 55 67
2012-2013 63 80 33 60 50-59 60 65
2011-2012 62 79 29 58 40-59 51 64
2010-2011 91 95 75 89 >=90 90-94 93

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2021-2022 67 83 41 57 >=80 66 68
2020-2021 66 82 46 56 >=50 60-64 66
2018-2019 67 82 43 60 40-59 67 68
2017-2018 51 65 28 45 21-39 57 52
2016-2017 63 78 35 52 60-79 61 65
2015-2016 65 81 37 56 60-69 63 66
2014-2015 71 84 41 66 70-79 69 73
2013-2014 80 84 60 78 70-79 78 82
2012-2013 76 83 55 75 70-79 80 78
2011-2012 76 82 53 74 60-79 72 79
2010-2011 90 93 73 89 80-89 85-89 91

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2021-2022 87 >=95 70-74 80-84 >=50 80-89 88
2020-2021 92 >=95 80-84 >=95 PS 70-79 93
2019-2020 90 90-94 80-84 >=90 PS 85-89 90
2018-2019 89 90-94 75-79 90-94 PS 80-89 90
2017-2018 90 >=95 75-79 85-89 >=50 >=90 91
2016-2017 89 >=95 80-84 80-89 PS 90-94 89
2015-2016 92 90-94 80-84 >=90 PS >=90 93
2014-2015 90 >=95 65-69 >=90 PS 80-89 92
2013-2014 89 >=95 75-79 80-89 PS 70-79 90
2012-2013 88 90-94 70-74 70-79 PS 80-89 90
2011-2012 86 >=95 70-74 80-89 PS 70-79 88
2010-2011 86 90-94 65-69 80-89 <50 >=80 88

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[7]

Year Enrollment Year-to-year change (%)
2023-2024 16,228 -0.4
2022-2023 16,294 -0.5
2021-2022 16,370 -1.6
2020-2021 16,632 -4.3
2019-2020 17,346 -0.8
2018-2019 17,478 0.0
2017-2018 17,481 0.5
2016-2017 17,394 0.4
2015-2016 17,321 -0.3
2014-2015 17,376 -1.6
2013-2014 17,646 -2.0
2012-2013 17,997 -2.4
2011-2012 18,426 -2.6
2010-2011 18,905 -2.3
2009-2010 19,335 0.5
2008-2009 19,235 0.5
2007-2008 19,140 1.3
2006-2007 18,888 1.6
2005-2006 18,579 -0.2
2004-2005 18,608 2.6
2003-2004 18,121 4.1
2002-2003 17,378 4.1
2001-2002 16,671 0.9
2000-2001 16,518 0.5
1999-2000 16,430 0.0
Racial Demographics, 2023-2024
RACE Plymouth-Canton Community Schools (%) Michigan K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native 0.3 0.6
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander 14.8 3.7
Black 11.3 18.2
Hispanic 5.2 9.2
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.1 0.1
Two or More Races 5.1 5.3
White 63.2 63.0

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[8]

As of the 2023-2024 school year, Plymouth-Canton Community Schools had 935.97 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 17.34.

Teachers, 2023-2024 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten: 23.00
Kindergarten: 52.25
Elementary: 324.54
Secondary: 436.08
Total: 935.97

Plymouth-Canton Community Schools employed 65.60 district administrators and 53.00 school administrators as of the 2023-2024 school year.

Administrators, 2023-2024 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators: 65.60
District Administrative Support: 13.00
School Administrators: 53.00
School Administrative Support: 103.55
Other staff, 2023-2024 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides: 171.15
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors: 22.00
Total Guidance Counselors: 39.74
Elementary Guidance Counselors: 8.45
Secondary Guidance Counselors: 31.29
Librarians/Media Specialists: 22.00
Library/Media Support: 1.00
Student Support Services: 182.16
Other Support Services: 349.20

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[9]

Plymouth-Canton Community Schools operates 25 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.
List of schools
SCHOOL NAMENUMBER OF STUDENTSGRADES
Bentley Elementary School476PK-5
Bird Elementary School458KG-5
Canton High School1,9176-12
Discovery Middle School7346-8
Dodson Elementary School485PK-5
East Middle School6786-8
Eriksson Elementary School432PK-5
Farrand Elementary School387KG-5
Field Elementary School464PK-5
Gallimore Elementary School315PK-5
Hoben Elementary School465PK-5
Hulsing Elementary School478PK-5
Isbister Elementary School417KG-5
Liberty Middle School8146-8
Miller Elementary School458PK-5
Pccs Elementary Virtual Academy291-5
Pccs Middle Virtual Academy396-8
Pioneer Middle School7786-8
Plymouth High School1,9116-12
Salem High School1,8876-12
Smith Elementary School361KG-5
Starkweather Academy Fiegel22410-12
Tonda Elementary School494PK-5
West Middle School6896-8
Workman Elementary School689KG-5

School board meetings

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    • Footnotes

    1. ↑ Hometown Life, "School board recall efforts fail in Plymouth-Canton for lack of signatures," January 10, 2024
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hometown Life, "Recall efforts underway against Plymouth-Canton board members who voted for Chiefs retirement," September 7, 2023
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Plymoth-Canton Community Schools, "Board of Education," accessed August 29, 2023
    4. ↑ Wayne County Election Commission, "Minutes: August 17, 2023
    5. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025
    6. ↑ U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: EDFacts, "State Assessments in Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics- School Year 2021-22 EDFacts Data Documentation," accessed October 18, 2025
    7. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025
    8. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025
    9. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025
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