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Sharleen Reshard, Hempstead school board member, dies

Sharleen Reshard was retired and her two children were grown when she attended a Hempstead school board meeting that inspired her to get involved and help improve the district.

That was in 2002. What Reshard saw was a "broken system," said her son, Jeffrey Fleshman. After years of community activism, she was appointed to the Hempstead school board in 2007 to complete the term of a trustee...

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