DEARBORN HEIGHTS (WWJ) - The beloved principal at Annapolis High School is back on the job starting Thursday, but in a twist, the superintendent who handed down the suspension is now on administrative leave.
In a heated Dearborn Heights School District No. 7 Board of Education meeting held on Wednesday evening, members voted to reinstate Principal Aaron Mollett after he was suddenly suspended two weeks ago to the uproar of students and parents, WWJ's Mike Campbell reported.
An hour-long protest preceded the meeting where teachers and students from Annapolis High School, as well as from other schools in the district, gathered to voice their frustrations and demand answers over Mollett's suspension.
After a four hour long meeting, the board reinstated Mollett effective May 18. The motion to see him back on the job passed with four votes, two abstentions and one no vote.
Three members who did not vote in favor of Mollett stated that they wanted to hear from the district's legal team and learn about the allegations made against the principal.
As of Thursday, the exact reason for the investigation and subsequent suspension against Mollett has not been released.
Mollett will be reinstated through at least the end of the school year, officials said, while a closed session meeting to over the results of the investigation into allegations made against him is scheduled for May 30.
In the same meeting that reinstated the principal, the board voted to place Superintendent Ty Weeks on administrative leave.
Weeks is facing an investigation into three Title IX complaints and a civil rights complaint made against him.
The meeting began at 6 p.m. and lasted until 11 p.m. A short intermission was taken around 9 a.m. as tensions flared among the crowd.
