Dearborn resident Nasri Sobh was appointed to the Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education on Sept. 15. Sobh will replace Hussein Berry who resigned from the board in August.
DEARBORN — The Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education appointed attorney Nasri Sobh to fill the remaining open seat on the board during a special meeting Sept. 15.
Sobh is an attorney with the Detroit Economic Growth Corp. and holds a master’s degree from Wayne State University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan-Dearborn. This year he also started working as an adjunct professor at Henry Ford College.
He ran for school board last November and garnered more than 6,500 votes.
Sobh will fill the seat vacated by Hussein Berry when he resigned from the board in August. Last week, the board appointed Ali K. Bazzi to fill another seat vacated in August when Irene Watts resigned from the board after her family moved out of the district.
Sobh and Bazzi will serve until November 2026 when the next school board elections are held. Whoever wins those seats will join the board after the elections are certified.
Sobh is expected to start his term at the board’s next regular meeting on Oct. 13. The Sept. 15 special meeting can be viewed on the Henry Ford College’s YouTube Channel.
Trustees also serve as trustees for HFC. The board sets district and college policies and budgets, hires and evaluates the superintendent and college president, approves union contracts and pay scales, and oversees construction and other major building issues.
Trustees are not directly involved in the day-to-day operations of the schools or college.
For HFC, trustees have already begun looking for a search firm to assist with hiring a new college president. Former President Russ Kavalhuna announced in April that he was leaving to become president at Western Michigan University.