Months after conservative groups successfully rallied parents in school board elections nationwide, a suburban Denver district is the latest example of the upheaval that can happen when once sleepy elections become politicized.
In the Douglas County School District, the school board's newly elected conservative majority terminated a popular superintendent earlier this month with little warning and no public debate. Staff protests, canceled classes, a student walkout, a lawsuit, a records request for teachers' personal information and a 6-hour public meeting where residents criticized the board's actions have unfolded dramatically over the past three weeks.
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