The League of Women Voters is hosting a rescheduled forum on Wednesday, April 12 regarding the Diversity Plan and its incorporation into the Grosse Pointe Public School System. The meeting will be held in the Pierce Middle School auditorium, the location it was planned to take place in prior to the mass power outage.

Tom Wells, president of the League of Women Voters, said that according to Dr. Gary Niehaus, superintendent of the Grosse Pointe Public School System, the goal of the forum is to publicly present the GPPSS Diversity Plan to the community.

“As Dr. Niehaus has stated, the Diversity Plan focuses on leadership and culture,” Wells said. “The Diversity Plan is an outgrowth of the Strategic Plan approved by the Board of Education. The panel (moderated by the League of Women Voters) is there to give perspective and answer questions about what is happening across the country, state and locally.”

The idea for the Global Leaders Forum was discussed following the presidential election in January as a result of an uptick in bullying and hate speech expressed by worried people in the community, Wells said.

“The idea of the Forum came from a group discussion between some concerned individuals, including me, that met with Dr. Niehaus and some members of the administration,” Wells said. “Dr. Niehaus was the catalyst in coming to the conclusion that a GPPSS Forum was needed to present the Diversity plan…The nonpartisan League of Women Voters is moderating this as it does school board candidate and other forums of interest to our community.”

As a change to the entire GPPSS, all are welcome to attend the meeting and share any questions or concerns, Rebecca Fannon, GPPSS Community Relations Specialist, said.