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Wake County school board re-elects Kevin Hill as board chairman and Keith Sutton as vice chairman

Submitted by KeungHui on 06/19/2012 - 17:59
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The Wake County school board re-elected Kevin Hill today as board chairman and Keith Sutton as vice chairman on a pair of 5-4 votes.

Hill defeated board member Debra Goldman. In her nomination speech, board member Deborah Prickett said Goldman is noted for her efforts to bring transparency and efficiency to the district and is a "family friendly board member."

Sutton defeated Prickett, who was nominated by Goldman. In her speech, Goldman said Prickett is in the forefront at her community for getting feedback and solutions.

The term is officially for one year but could change if the General Assembly passes local legislation allowing Wake to move the annual meeting to December.

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Wed, 06/20/2012 - 10:02 — JanisTango

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Prickett...

Wed, 06/20/2012 - 09:48 — bpuli9999

has never done anything for her district. Name one thing she has done to improve schools in her district.

I Can Name Several, but

Wed, 06/20/2012 - 10:01 — JanisTango

if you want just one, she has been an advocate for getting the special school programs into the RIM schools in her district. Please take an opportunity to talk to people at York, Jeffreys Grove and Hilburn and ask them if they have seen any improvement in the last few years. If you need more, just let me know!

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T. Keung Hui covers Wake schools.
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