The Virginian-Pilot
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Two Chesapeake residents have announced their intent to run for one of four school board seats this spring.
Melvin Marriner and Tina Pullen, will kick off their campaigns Thursday at 6 p.m., at Greenbrier Country Club, 1301 Volvo Parkway.
The terms for four school board members – School Board Chairman Tom Mercer, Jeff Bunn, Brenda Johnson and Ann Wiggins – expire in June. Wiggins, a member of the board since 2000 announced this month that she will not seek re-election. Elections are in May. According to a press release distributed Wednesday, Pullen and Marriner want higher teacher salaries, better retention programs, extended full-day kindergarten and career-centered academics. Marriner and Pullen both have children in Chesapeake Public Schools.
The terms of the remaining school board members – Sheila Hill-Russ, Barbara Head, Jay Leftwich, Harry Murphy and Vice Chairman Michael Woods, expire in June 2010.
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