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Monday, August 26, 2013

School Board Member Appointment Tonight

The Sumner County Commission is meeting at 6PM tonight in a special called meeting for the sole purpose of appointing someone to fill the vacant District 5 School Board seat. 

The meeting will be held at the County Administration Building in Gallatin.

So far, only two candidates have submitted resumes -- Leslie Schell and Janet Arnold. 

Schell currently has 4 children attending Beech Elementary. 

Arnold's children, now adults, did not attend Sumner County Schools and Arnold has not attended recent public events designed to inform the public on the candidates.  She skipped a candidate forum on August 12 and last week failed to attend a meet-and-greet hosted by the Mayor of Goodlettsville and two City Commissioners. 

While Schell has answered survey questions from local grassroots group Strong Schools, Arnold has refused to do so.

On a related note, some suspect that certain members of the Commission may nominate a third, so far unknown, person to fill the vacancy. 

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