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New Union Proposal
A modern compact between the district, its educators, and its families — written for the workforce the classroom actually has.
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For DPSCD School Board
Building a district for the students we have.
Dr. C. Allan Hubbard — Ph.D., MBA, M.A. — is running for the Detroit Public Schools Community District Board. Nearly three out of four DPSCD students belong to Generation Alpha. Every board decision should be judged by its impact on their future.
Five Motions ◆Generation Alpha ◆83.2% Graduation Rate ◆13th Year ◆Principal Pay ◆First Peoples ◆
Five Motions ◆Generation Alpha ◆83.2% Graduation Rate ◆13th Year ◆Principal Pay ◆First Peoples ◆
Meet Dr. Allan Hubbard
A Detroit educator, not a headline.
Dr. Hubbard has spent his career in classrooms, boardrooms, and community rooms — earning a Ph.D., an MBA, and an M.A. while working alongside the families this district serves. He is running because the DPSCD Board should be a place of steady, transparent, student-first decision-making.
This campaign publishes its work in full: five motions any board member of any belief can second, a public calendar of gatherings, and open roles for neighbors who want to build alongside us.
The school board should make decisions for the students we have, not the students they remember.
A campaign in motion
Motion is the whole point. A motion on paper, a district in motion.
In board language, a motion is the moment an idea becomes business the district has to act on. That is how this campaign works too: nothing stalls in a slide deck. Every week we move something — a motion drafted, a room filled, a neighbor signed up — so DPSCD keeps moving after Election Day, not just through it.
Move
Draft the motion and publish it in full.
Second
Find the votes, of any belief, to carry it.
Keep moving
Report the result, then file the next one.
Priorities · Motions in motion
The Five Motions
I pledge to send the following five motions, to be discussed as new business, to the DPSCD School Board Chair for a second and discussion at the first 2027 Board meeting. Five motions, filed in order, keeping the district in motion all year.
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13th Year Proposal
An optional additional year of district-supported transition: credentials, apprenticeships, and college bridge for graduates who want it.
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Principal Proposal
Standard, transparent, competitive pay for principals. #PRINCIPALPAY #STANDARDPAYPRINCIPLE — building leaders stay when the district invests in them.
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Property Proposal
A public, honest accounting of district property — what we hold, what we lease, what we should return to the neighborhoods that surround it.
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First Peoples Proposal
Curriculum and partnership commitments that recognize the First Peoples of this land in more than a single unit each year.
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Nearly two-thirds of Generation Alpha will likely work in jobs that do not exist today. The most valuable skill we can teach may be the ability to adapt.
A Nonpartisan Office
No party. Just students.
School board races in Michigan are nonpartisan by law. There is no party label next to any name on this ballot — and there is none next to Dr. Hubbard's work either.
This campaign will not run against a party, a person, or a headline. It runs on five motions, published in full, that any board member of any belief can second.
Vote all the way down the ballot.
Mobilization Packages
Build the kit only you can send
Choose who you are talking to — lower and upper elementary band families, high school bands, grandparents, ESE parents, educators, first-time voters — upload your own photo, and download a graphic and message sized for X, Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok.
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1600 × 900 landscape card with a one-sentence ask.
1200 × 630 link card with a neighbor-to-neighbor note.
1080 × 1080 square with a punchy, hashtag-ready caption.
TikTok
1080 × 1920 vertical with a three-second spoken hook.
Inside the classroom
Every motion is measured in one place: the classroom.
Books, supplies, seats, and staffing. If a board decision doesn't show up here, it didn't happen.
I am not running because I have all the answers. I am running because I believe our community does.
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Stakeholder Strategy
Sunday Stakeholder Strategy Session
Every Sunday · 19:00 ET
Open strategy session on Google Meet. Bring one idea and one question.
Boards should not be the center of attention. Boards exist to support students, educators, and families with thoughtful decision-making.
Get involved
Serve.
Volunteer.
This campaign is built by neighbors. Tell us how you want to help and we will find you a real task, not a mailing list.
1-313-607-7589
Text, call, or email allan@electallan.org