Posted by DEAN SKIP RUTHERFORD – As a former president of the Little Rock School Board, I watched Tuesday’s Little Rock School Board runoff election with great interest. Congratulations to incumbent Michael Daugherty who defeated a very strong opponent, Anna Swaim by a 53-47 percent margin. Ms. Swaim certainly ran a credible race, but give Daugherty, J.J. Lacey, John Walker, the Classroom Teachers Association and others accolades for increasing voter turnout in the runoff by a large margin. John told me several days ago that the Daugherty total of 808 votes in the primary would rise to over 1,200 in the runoff. He was more than right because Daugherty received over 1,400 runoff votes. The voters have spoken. It’s time for the board to come together acknowledging the 4-3 majority now has solid control. Hopefully, in the future we will see less infighting and 4-3 splits. Surely, everyone will give interim Superintendent Dr. Linda Watson the chance she desrves to run the district and the encouragement to do so. From what I’ve seen since succeeding Dr. Roy Brooks, Dr. Watson has done a good job.
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