ANN ARBOR, MI – A growing group of local parents and other residents are calling on Ann Arbor Public School officials to pause spending until two demands are met that they believe will provide deeper clarity into district finances.
A letter to Ann Arbor School Board members was released this week, asking the district to share three years of “detailed” budgets and to resolve an ongoing contract dispute with AAPS teachers before adopting a budget this spring for the 2026-27 school year.
“We as families feel the distress that the district is in,” Adaleide Lancaster, a parent of three who’s among those organizing the letter, said Tuesday, March 24. “We feel the instability. Our kids feel it. Our teachers are certainly experiencing it.”…