News & Announcements

The Westwood Board of Education will hold two special meetings on Tuesday, May 16, 2023.

The first meeting will start at 6 p.m. The topic of the first meeting is for the Board to consider (not approve) the designation of its electoral representative for the June 5, 2023 ISD Board of Education Election Meeting, as well as consider the candidates that the Board supports for each position to be filled on the ISD Board.

The second meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. At the second meeting, the Board will adopt a resolution designating and approving its representative for the election meeting. The Board's resolution will also identify the candidate the Board supports for each position to be filled on the ISD board as well as direct its representative to vote for the supported candidate(s) at least on the first ballot taken at the meeting.

The Westwood Board of Education will meet on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 6 p.m. The topic of the meeting is for the Board to consider a contract to renovate the softball field at Thorne Elementary. The meeting will be held at the Equilla Bradford Administrative Center, 3335 S. Beech Daly, Dearborn Heights.

“If you are an individual with a disability who is in need of an auxiliary aid or service to participate in the meeting, please contact Trudy Murry, Executive Assistant to the Superintendent and Secretary to the Board of Education, at 313-565-3864 for voice and TDD calls or at [email protected] prior to the meeting.”

The Board Retreat will be held on Saturday, March 18, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. It will take place at the Equilla Bradford Administrative Center, 3335 S. Beech Daly, Dearborn Heights. The Board Retreat was originally scheduled for February 25, 2023, but was postponed due to hazardous travel conditions.

Due to forecasted hazardous road conditions impacting the morning commute, as well as accumulating snow, the Westwood Community School District will be closed on March 10, 2023. A decision regarding after school activities will be made later in the day, and all affected parties will be notified.

Due to power outages in our District from the recent ice storm, the Westwood Board of Education is cancelling its retreat, scheduled for Saturday, February 25, 2023. The meeting will be rescheduled at a later day and time.