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Milwaukee School Board election: Your guide to informed vote April 6


About half of Milwaukee voters will elect new school board members April 6, with no incumbents running for four open seats.
Two of the races have only one candidate on the ballot: Walker’s Point Center for the Arts executive director Marcela Garcia for the south side District 6 seat now held by Tony Baez; and recently retired Milwaukee Public Schools teacher Harry Leonard for the southwest District 7 seat held by Paula Phillips. 
The north side District 4 seat is contested between Silver Spring Neighborhood Center Opportunity Youth Program Director Aisha Carr and North Side Rising organizer Dana Kelley. 
Running for District 5 on the east side are Alex Brower, director of Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans; and Jilly Gokalgandhi, Equity in Education team member at American Family Insurance Institute.  ....

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MPS board candidates discuss race, privilege ahead of April 6 election


In a forum focused on race and equity, Milwaukee Public Schools board candidates sought to distinguish themselves in a field where all candidates have talked about the need to move toward restorative justice, diversify staff and curriculum, and listen more to students. 
Students were among those asking questions at the forum Wednesday hosted by the youth-led group Leaders Igniting Transformation along with the ACLU of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Inner-city Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH) and Black Educators Caucus MKE. 
Four of eight seats on the board are up for election April 6, with no incumbents in the races:
District 4: The two candidates who advanced from the primary election are Silver Spring Neighborhood Center Opportunity Youth Program Director Aisha Carr and North Side Rising organizer Dana Kelley. Incumbent Annie Woodward was taken off the ballot due to problems with her nomination papers.  ....

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Primary election results: Kerr, Underly appear close to advancing in DPI race


Primary election results: Kerr and Underly advance in DPI race
Rory Linnane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
In the primary race for state superintendent of schools, former Brown Deer superintendent Deborah Kerr and Pecatonica superintendent Jill Underly declared victories Tuesday night, pitting them against each other in the general election April 6.
In Milwaukee, four candidates will advance to the general election for two contested seats on the school board. With some absentee ballots yet uncounted, Aisha Carr and Dana Kelley led in District 4; and Alex Brower and Jilly Gokalgandhi led in District 5. Brower and Kelley ran on a socialist slate together backed by the teachers union.  ....

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