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Millennials on the school board -- it could be the start of something big

The fed up, disillusioned, we-won't-take-it-anymore vibe that is sweeping the nation is seeping into local politics as well.

By now we're all familiar with high-profile expressions of this sentiment, such as professional football players taking a knee during the national anthem and the thousands of women who have shared their own moving accounts of sexual assaults under the hashtag #MeToo.

Those actions are important. But there's another, extremely necessary next step forming as well.

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