A lot was at stake for parents in Virginia as their new governor Glenn Youngkin took office on Jan. 15. They worked hard to get the Republican votes, and parental rights were the decisive issue for his narrow victory in the gubernatorial election. So far, parents don’t seem to be disappointed. On his first day in office, Youngkin signed three executive orders relating to education: banning Critical Race Theory (CRT) in public education, ending the mask mandate in school, and authorizing an investigation of Loudoun County Public Schools regarding the alleged mishandling of two sexual assault cases on school grounds. “Inherently divisive concepts, like Critical Race Theory and its progeny, instruct students to only view life through the lens of race and presumes that some students are consciously or unconsciously racist, sexist, or oppressive, and that other students are victims,” stated Youngkin’s first executive order. Shawntel Cooper, a mother from …