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Valarie Wilson is the former chair of the City Schools of Decatur Board and former president of the Georgia School Boards Association (2012-2013). She is the Democratic nominee for Georgia Superintendent of Schools in the 2014 election. [1] [2] Wilson was endorsed for the Democratic nomination by the Georgia Association of Educators as well as the Georgia Federation of Teachers. [3]

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During her professional career in local government, Wilson served as Deputy Director and later Director of the Fulton County Human Services Department. [4]

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