 Bobb resigned that year to run an ultimately successful campaign for president of the D.C. Board of Education.In March 2009, Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm appointed Bobb as emergency financial manager for the Detroit Public Schools, which at the time had 172 schools, 85,000 students, and a deficit of $219 million.At the end of Bobb's first year as financial manager, the deficit had increased to $363 million, according to budget documents released by the school district in June 2010.