Voters selected four candidate to serve on the controversy plagued Romulus Community School District during voting Nov. 8.
One incumbent, Ursula L. Wester, was returned to office by voters garnering 3,022 or 15 percent of the votes cast on the school board portion of the ballot.
The top voter getter was Paris McCarthy, a girls basketball coach and educator, who received 3,289 or 16 percent of the votes. Porsche Laster won the favor of 3,058 or 15 percent of votes while Darcel C. Davis was the choice of 2,6711 or 13 percent of voters.
All four of the winning candidates were endorsed by both the Romulus Education Association, the union which represents teachers in the district, and the Michigan Education Association, which represents teachers throughout the state.
The former board members were targeted for recall following the abrupt firing of Superintendent of Schools Benjamin Edmondson. School board meetings became raucous as parents, teachers and students protested the board actions. Edmonson subsequently filed a lawsuit against the district claiming civil rights and whistleblower protection violations which has not yet been adjudicated.
