The Ocean City Board of Education had an evening of transitions Thursday, which was the last meeting for three board members and for Scott McCartney, the interim superintendent of schools appointed in the summer.
Moms for Liberty, persistent controversies and a November vote have helped bring national political issues to school board meetings and to school elections.
Inclusion groups and their supporters assembled Thursday morning in front of Ocean City High School in response to what they said were hateful remarks toward students days earlier.
Three parents who campaigned against New Jersey’s new standards for teaching health and sexual education and on “conservative values,” are now members of the Ocean City school board.