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St. Paul, Minn. — More than three dozen people have applied for an open seat on the St. Paul School Board.

The seat was left vacant in November when board member Vallay Varro stepped down to head an education non-profit. The St. Paul School Board now has to appoint someone to fill that seat for the year remaining in Varro’s term.

With the application period now closed, the district says 41 people applied. Familiar names include two former St. Paul School Board members, Al Oertwig and William Finney. Finney also used to be St. Paul’s police chief.

Another applicant is David Unowsky – he used to own a well-known bookstore in St. Paul called the Hungry Mind.

Ramsey County prosecutor Dave Pinto and public relations executive Ted Davis have also applied, along with two 2010 candidates for seats in the Minnesota Legislature: Jeremiah Ellis and Avi Viswanathan.

The first round of public interviews will be later this month, Jan. 12.

Here is the list of the 41 people who have applied for the vacant seat on the St. Paul School Board:

Ms. Jeanice Braun Ms. Taylor Burr Mr. David Coffey Ms. Amanda Danielson Mr. Ted Davis Mr. Jeremiah Ellis Ms. Amy Walker Filice Mr. William Finney Mr. Brent Harder Ms. Mary Hilfiker Mr. Rekoe Howard Mr. Kevin Huepenbecker Ms. Tina Jackson Ms. Debbie Johannessen Dr. Kimberly Johnson Ms. Anne Kelly Dr. Carol Knicker Mr. John Krenik Mr. Neng Lee Mr. Tim Lee Mr. Bill Lerman Ms. Joan Arbisi Little Mr. Robert Lusteck Mr. Thom Lyons Jr. Mr. David Martinez Mr. Steven Matysik Ms. Cindy Moeller Mr. Andrew Noble Mr. Al Oertwig Ms. Barbara O’Neill Mr. Luis Ortega Mr. James Peterson Mr. Dave Pinto Ms. Helen Proechel Ms. Colleen Quesnell RN, BSN, PHN, LSN Mr. Jeff Risberg Ms. Maya Sheikh-Salah Mr. David Unowsky Mr. Avinash Viswanathan Mr. Bee Xiong Mr. Michael Yang

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