OAK PARK, Mich. – The superintendent of Oak Park Schools has quietly retired after months on paid leave, even as a whistleblower lawsuit accusing him and the district of serious financial misconduct continues in Oakland County Circuit Court.
This week, the Oak Park Board of Education voted to accept Superintendent Angel Abdulahad’s retirement, who had been on paid administrative leave and under investigation for about three months.
At the same time, a lawsuit filed by the district’s former Executive Director of Business and Finance, Sharrece Farris-Foster, reveals detailed allegations that public funds and a district-issued credit card were misused under Abdulahad’s leadership.
According to the complaint, Farris-Foster says the problems began around May of last year as she was preparing to present budget projections to the Oak Park Board of Education.
She alleges that at Abdulahad’s direction, she “was instructed to provide an inaccurate budget projection by overstating available funds by more than one million dollars.”
Farris-Foster says she pushed back, voiced her concerns, and spoke with a couple of school board trustees.
After that, she claims she was subjected to harassment by the superintendent for refusing to go along with the alleged scheme.
The lawsuit contends that Farris-Foster was ultimately fired in November 2025 in retaliation for raising red flags — a termination...
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