The culture war over how America teaches its children about racism drove an extraordinary turnout Tuesday in the shoreline community of Guilford, where unofficial returns showed voters decisively rejecting a Republican school board slate organized in opposition to critical race theory.
Panic over critical race theory has bitterly divided the seaside town of Guilford, Connecticut. A pivotal school board election could change everything.
In a community where the Democratic first selectman is running unopposed for a second four-year term, the election for the Board of Education has turned spectacularly venomous, primarily over teaching about race.