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Cooks also noted her background working with her husband\u2019s Johnie E. Cooks Foundation, supporting at-risk students through mentorship and life skills programs.\nThose experiences, Cooks said, would inform her approach to putting students first if she\u2019s elected to the board.\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMaggie Cooks\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\n\u201cRegardless of the student, we as a school district and being a board member, you should put students first and should keep an open line of communication between parents and school board members. School board members and administrators should be approachable.\u201d\nCooks also expressed excitement for the new SHS project and noted her goal to see career technical programming expanded if she\u2019s elected.\n\u201cIt\u2019s the representation for me, for all. 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