After contentious debate and conversation related to its book removal policy, the Spotsylvania School Board voted Monday to table proposed revisions to a policy on instructional materials.
The “crossroads of the Civil War,” as Virginia’s Spotsylvania County calls itself, is once again a cauldron of hostilities, this time minus the muskets. In Tuesday’s elections in Virginia, the far right is fighting to gain control of more local offices — often school boards — while the left claws back with cries of “fascism.” “Just bananas,” a Spotsylvania School Board candidate with Democratic support says of the local fight over education.