Curatolo Retains Seat on Collier County School Board

Words: Edward KanewskeIn their second face-off, incumbent Kathy Curatolo defeated Jim Lawson for the Collier County School Board.

With all precincts reporting, Curatolo collected 13,542 votes to Lawson's 11,164, winning by a 50.6-41.7% margin...

For a decade, Curatolo worked as Executive Director of the Niagara Frontier Industry Education Council in Buffalo, N.Y., and, in Naples, she was a consulting director with the Masonry Association of Florida, Southwest Council. She helped to start a masonry program at Lely High.

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