The Alexander City City Council held a work session Thursday to interview six possible candidates for the Alexander City Board of Education.
There are two available spots at this time. Current board member Michael Ransaw’s five-year term is up and there is a vacancy for a candidate to finish out the remaining three years of the late Dorothea Walker.
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