Virginia Anne Manson has announced she will run as a Republican candidate for the Hamilton County school board to represent the newly created District 11.
The new district comprises Alton Park, East Lake, Eastside, Lookout Valley, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, St. Elmo and Wolftever.
A mother of three children and grandmother of three, Manson said her children attended both public and private schools.
“My experience as a parent in the public schools was with a community school where parents and teachers worked together to create a true sense of community,” Manson said of Lookout Mountain School. “We worked together towards a shared goal of educating and preparing students.”
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