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Petition calls for school board member to resign

Some residents of Bennington have launched a petition calling for the resignation of a disgraced former school superintendent elected in March to the local school board. In 1989, George Sleeman was convicted of eight counts of embezzlement from the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union. Now that he’s back in the public eye, the community is divided over how to respond.