Virginia school boards have garnered significant attention over the past two years due to a parent’s arrest during a Loudoun County Public Schools board meeting and allegations of a cover-up regarding sexual assaults in school bathrooms.
These incidents have underscored just how powerful school boards are.
Conservative leaders have recognized the importance of not only electing pro-America candidates to school boards but also providing support and training to these newly elected members, in an effort to restore academic rigor and advance parental rights.
There are nearly 400 school board positions on the ballot in Virginia in the November elections.
Loudoun County School Board members listened as a mother reads excerpts of a pornographic book from the school library in Ashburn, Va., on Sept. 13, 2022. (Terri Wu/The Epoch Times)
School Boards Have Power
Melvin Adams, founder of the Noah Webster Educational Foundation, spoke during a June 1 webinar hosted by the Virginia Education Opportunity Alliance….