Two seats, six candidates

The Nov. 8 school board vote

by James Leonard

posted 11/5/2011

To save money, the state dictated that school board elections move from June to November this year. Troubled times create candidates, and after three years of double-digit state funding cuts, these are troubled times indeed for the Ann Arbor School District. After eight years of very lightly contested elections, six nonpartisan candidates are competing for two

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