Gwinnett Could Elect First Nonwhite School Board Members

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May 2nd, 2018

Numbers from the school district show 73 percent of Gwinnett County’s public school students are Asian, black or Hispanic. Census data shows some 60 percent of all county residents are also of a minority race.

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Gwinnett County could have its first nonwhite school board members elected this year.

For nearly a decade, Gwinnett has been a majority-minority county, but its school board has remained all white.

Now, four black candidates are running for two different school board seats. Donald May and Wandy Taylor are running as Democrats in Gwinnett’s 2nd District. Everton Blair Jr. and Mark Williams are also running as Democrats but in the county’s 4th District.

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