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By Melanie Asmar/Chalkbeat

Denver school board candidate Deborah Sims Fard is dropping out of the race due to an injury.

Sims Fard, a Denver Public Schools teacher, was running for an at-large seat representing the entire city. Two candidates remain in the race for that seat: DPS principal Alex Magaña and Amy Klein Molk, who previously worked as a paraprofessional in DPS.

Because Denver ballots have already been printed, Sims Fard’s name will still appear on the ballot, a spokesperson for the Denver Clerk and Recorder’s Office said.

Ballots will be mailed to voters on Friday.

Sims Fard told Chalkbeat that she was campaigning at a block party in mid-September, playing with some chil

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