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Veteran Madison School Board member Carol Carstensen, who is stepping down this spring, prepares for a March 3 meeting where many district parents criticized the board for a proposal to change school boundaries. "Part of the responsibility of being an elected official is to give people somebody to yell at," Carstensen said, attributing the sentiment to former President Bill Clinton. Outgoing Madison School Board member Carol Carstensen listens to a colleague at a recent committee meeting. During 18 years on the board, Carstensen was known for digging deep into difficult issues. Carol Carstensen consults with fellow Madison School Board member Lucy Mathiak during a recent board meeting. Carol Carstensen, right, celebrates her election to the Madison School Board in this photo from April 4, 1990. She went on to serve six terms.
Longtime Madison School Board member Carol Carstensen, photographed in 1993.      
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