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Video: Candidates Define Local Control

Months after Gov. Nathan Deal signed a controversial redistricting bill that became a flashpoint in the fight for local control of Cherokee Schools, Board of Education Post 1 hopefuls were asked what local control meant to them.

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Canton's  and , the women vying for the Post 1 seat on the , took questions from media representatives, the public and each other during a Monday night debate at the Cherokee County Republican Party headquarters in Towne Lake.

Watch what they had to say.

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