Citing family health concerns, Sedalia School District 200 Board of Education member Jeff Redford informally withdrew Thursday morning from contested school board and State Fair Community College races in the April 3 municipal elections.
Redford, who has served a total of seven years on the school board, was flanked by Sedalia 200 Superintendent Harriet Wolfe and SFCC President Marsha Drennon at the school board office.
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