![]() She wasn't prepared for the blowback that set in as soon as she put up her Facebook page to announce her campaign. But I didn't realize it came with a package, a big package," she says with a rueful laugh. "They said, 'This is probably going to be a good thing for you and you can probably make a difference.'. So much so that local officials urged her to run for school board last year. She's one of those moms who has always been very involved in her kids' education. Karen Watkins works in supply chain management and has two children in public school in Gwinnett County, Ga. "Our main focus is towards student achievement and ensuring that we are producing children that are thriving." "I just didn't realize that it would impact the local school board," Watkins says. She is surprised that she has become a target for a political culture war. ![]() Karen Watkins is vice chair of the school board of Gwinnett County, a suburban county north of Atlanta. ![]()
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