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    Applicants for District 2 CMS seat shake hands with school board members after giving their 3 minute speech on why the applicants should be picked to replace Vilma Leake. ROBERT LAHSER - rlahser@charlotteobserver.com
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    School board members go over the guidelines for the District 2 applicants before they give a 3 minute speech about themselves to make their case why they should be picked to replace Vilma Leake. ROBERT LAHSER - rlahser@charlotteobserver.com
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    Applicants Richard McElrath on left shakes hands with Douglas Wilson on right after McElrath finished giving his 3 minute speech before the school board to make his case why they should be picked to replace Vilma Leake. ROBERT LAHSER - rlahser@charlotteobserver.com
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    Supporters for applicant Kimberly Mitchell Walker hold up signs in support at the end of her 3 minute speech before the school board to make her case why she should be picked to replace Vilma Leake. ROBERT LAHSER - rlahser@charlotteobserver.com
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    Applicant Douglas Wilson gives a 3 minute speech before the school board to make his case why he should be picked to replace Vilma Leake. ROBERT LAHSER - rlahser@charlotteobserver.com
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    CMS DIstrict 2 applicant Terry Brown, retired principal of Cochrane Middle School.
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    CMS District 2 applicant William Clayton, piano tuner and former board candidate.
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    CMS District 2 applicant Donna Jenkins Dawson, public relations worker and former board candidate.
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    CMS District 2 applicant Ted DuBose, former teacher and information technology worker.
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    CMS District 2 applicant Valerie Harrison Fahmy, after-school assistant with CMS.
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    CMS District 2 applicant Reuben Griffith Jr., substitute teacher who works for the N.C. Blumenthal Performing Arts Center.
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    CMS District 2 applicant Sheila Johnson, social worker and former board candidate.
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    CMS District 2 Applicant Scott Kolodny, salesperson and CMS parent.
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    CMS District 2 applicant Beverly Lawston, works for a private tutoring service.
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    CMS District 2 applicant Richard McElrath, retired CMS teacher.
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    CMS District 2 applicant Aaron Sanders, part-time ABC Board salesperson.
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    CMS District 2 applicant Lyn Sweet, retired CMS teacher.
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    CMS District 2 applicant Kimberly Mitchell-Walker, CMS secretary.
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    CMS District 2 applicant Blaine Wallace, food broker and category analyst.
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    CMS District 2 Applicant Deborah Hedrick Ware, accounting specialist.
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    CMS District 2 Applicant Douglas Wilson, political consultant.
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