Antwon Womack is running for the District Six seat on the Birmingham School Board. He's one of three challengers to incumbent W.J. Maye. In documents and on campaign websites, Womack said he was both a high school and college graduate, turns out he has neither---and---he doesn't have his GED.
Birmingham School Board Candidate Antwon Womack said, "Currently right now, I am, I am not too far from getting my GED."
That's Antwon Womack, a District 6 Birmingham School Board candidate, admitting he wasn't quite honest about his education.
Womack said, "I still believe I can bring assets to the school board in spite of the allegations."
Some of those "assets" he listed on a campaign website we now know to be false. For education, he listed he had graduated from West End High School with an elementary education degree from Alabama A&M.
Womack said, "I did say that I was a graduate of West End High School that is false. I am not. Back in 2004 , I had dropped out of high school at Wenonah High School, at that time I was dealing with a whole lot of family issues."
Now, the young man who also ran for Mayor of Tarrant and who currently advertises "Education Does Matter" on a website, is apologizing for making mistakes...
Womack said, "As I said, I made a mistake, I don't want to be scrutinized for it. After this day, I don't want to hear about this no more, because I am going to clear it up with my attorney."
While Womack wouldn't say why he has an attorney, he did say he doesn't plan to drop out of the race for school board.
Birmingham residents head to the polls to vote for school board and city council candidates August 25th.
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