Here's a recap of the interviews today that Linda Gunter and Anna Johnson went through for the Wake County school board District 9 vacancy.

Gunter said she wanted to give back to the community, mentioning several times about having been a state Senator in the early 1990s and a Cary High School social studies teacher for 30 years. Gunter talked about how she brought in her students to the General Assembly to speak on issues.

If appointed, Gunter said she'd resign from her position as a registered lobbyist for the N.C. Association of Educators.

It's time today for the Wake County school board to go back to having nine members.

The school board will interview six applicants for the District 9 seat formerly held by Debra Goldman, A seventh applicant, William Ingerslew, has withdrawn his application, according to school board chairman Keith Sutton.

The remaining field consists of Nancy Caggia, Bill Fletcher, Linda Gunter, Anna Johnson, Lois Nixon and Jim Pomeranz.

It doesn't look like the Wake County school system will be officially releasing today the names of the applicants who filed for the District 9 school board vacancy before the 5 p.m. deadline.

As far as I know, at least four people have indicated they would file. You've got Nancy Caggia, Bill Fletcher, Linda Gunter and Lois Nixon. If there's anyone else, we'll have to see.

The school board search process is supposed to be by law a fully open process.

During her goodbye appearance Tuesday, Debra Goldman urged her former colleagues to pick a replacement for her who had similar views on issues. That's probably not going to happen, at least when it comes to assignment issues.

I'm still waiting on the Wake County school system to officially announce who made the application deadline, but Linda Gunter says she filed today for the District 9 school board seat.

In this press release, Gunter says that she "has devoted her entire career to the advancement of North Carolina’s public school children." Gunter is a Democratic Party activist and a lobbyist for the N.C. Association of Educators who was a former state Senator and a Cary HIgh School teacher for 30 years.

“Education is my life and I have given everything I have to it as a teacher, a parent of two Wake County Public School graduates, a legislator, and in my professional life,” said Gunter in the press release. “I know what it is like to be a parent, and now grandparent, who wants the best education for my children. I also know what it is like to be a career teacher and to shoulder that awesome responsibility.”