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At least four people seeking Wake County school board vacancy

Submitted by KeungHui on 02/22/2013 - 21:35
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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.

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Mon, 02/25/2013 - 22:53 — Sideburns

http://www.wral.com/seven-apply-to-fill-goldman-s-vacant-wake-school-board-seat/12149188/

Two points

Fri, 02/22/2013 - 23:01 — GetRealPeople

1) I nominate those N&O editors who think they know best how to run the schools.

2) I have full confidence that the school board will find a replacement for Goldman who is every bit as narcissistic and wrong-headed as she.

Nominate the N&NO editors?

Sat, 02/23/2013 - 08:27 — FSandYOU

Nahhh, that'd be too easy.

As for your #2, if the replacement is as you describe, that person will be much more closely aliened with the psychotic, truth stretching, vulgarity tossing, assaulting majority.

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T. Keung Hui covers Wake schools.
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