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Students line up outside Hollywood Hills High School in Hollywood, Fla., on the first day of school in Broward County, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. The introduction of metal detectors at county high schools caused long lines and tardiness for students entering schools in the district. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

Back to school: Why it’s important parents attend school board meetings

By Kori Pennypacker – Special to Higher Ground

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., speaks during the second day of the Republican National Convention July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Florida primary will set U.S. Senate race but largely focus on state and local races

By Brendan Farrington - Associated Press

FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs the Parental Rights in Education bill at Classical Preparatory school on March 28, 2022, in Shady Hills, Fla. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP, File)

Conservatives are pushing ‘parental rights’ agenda in Florida school board races. But will it work?

By Kate Payne - Associated Press

Jessica Norton, left, and her husband Gary leave Plantation High School after the Broward County School Board voted against firing her at a meeting in Plantation, Fla., Tuesday, July 30, 2024. Norton, who let her transgender daughter play on her high school's girls volleyball team was found to have violated state law and suspended by the board for 10 days. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

Florida school board suspends employee who allowed her transgender daughter to play girls volleyball

By Terry Spencer - Associated Press

A 'Vote" sign is seen on the University of Texas campus, Nov. 6, 2023, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

Appeals court upholds student-only voting for school board in Maryland

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Students, parents and educators rally at the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, May 13, 2014, for the 60th anniversary Brown v. Board of Education decision that struck down the "separate but equal" concept established under Plessy v. Ferguson that kept schools segregated. (AP Photo) **FILE**

Supreme Court nixes bid to rename landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Deep Run Elementary School, a Howard County public school in Elkridge, Maryland, is seen here on Dec 19, 2019. (Shutterstock) **FILE**

Maryland county argues for power to create school board seat limited to illegal immigrant vote

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

West Point Virginia high school teacher, Peter Vlaming, speaks with attorney's after his case was argued before the Supreme Court of Virginia outside the court Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, in Richmond. Va. Vlaming who was fired for refusing to use a transgender student's preferred pronouns sued West Point Public Schools. Vlaming says his rights to speak freely and exercise his religion were violated and is appealing a ruling dismissing his lawsuit. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Va. Supreme Court revives lawsuit by teacher fired for refusing to use transgender student pronouns

By Denise Lavoie - Associated Press

This image taken from video shows Superintendent Abram Lucabaugh and Board President Dana Hunter preside over a Central Bucks School District meeting in Doylestown Pa., Nov. 15, 2022. Democrats who swept out a Moms for Liberty majority on the board are challenging Lucabaugh's last-minute $700,000 exit package. (AP Photo)

Democrats who swept Moms For Liberty off school board fight superintendent’s $700,000 exit deal

By Maryclaire Dale - Associated Press

Democrat Susan Gibson, middle, hugs supporters after an announcement that she and fellow Democrats swept the Central Bucks, Pa., school board races on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. (Jason Nark/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Liberal and moderate candidates take control of school boards in contentious races across U.S.

By Brooke Schultz and Geoff Mulvihill - Associated Press

A close-up view of a microphone in the classroom. (Photo credit: Nigita via Shutterstock)

Higher Ground: Thou shalt not pray at a school board meeting: Atheist group

By Mark A. Kellner and Billy Hallowell - The Washington Times

Nick Ignacio, an independent candidate for county clerk, hands out red and blue sample ballots that he prepared and endorsed himself at the Spotsylvania county early voting site in Fredericksburg, Va., Oct. 25, 2023. Several Democrats and Republicans at the site have criticized Ignacio's practice as misleading voters. (AP Photo/Serkan Gurbuz)

Virginia school board elections face a pivotal moment as a cozy corner of democracy turns toxic

By Calvin Woodward and Ali Swenson - Associated Press

Illustration on children and gender fluid ideology by Greg Groesch/ The Washington Times

‘Woke’ Iowa school board disrespects parents, students and the First Amendment

By Hans von Spakovsky and Sarah Parshall Perry

Sue Finkam, Republican candidate for Carmel mayor, speaks during a debate Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, at the Palladium in Carmel, Ind. (Jenna Watson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

Moms for Liberty unexpectedly finds itself at the center of a heated suburban Indiana mayoral race

By Isabella Volmert - Associated Press

Books sit on shelves in an elementary school library in suburban Atlanta on Friday, 18, 2023. Although not new, book challenges have surged in public schools since 2020, part of a broader backlash to what kids read and discuss in school. (AP Photo/Hakim Wright Sr.)

Explicit books removed from K-12 school libraries but only after a public reading at school board

By Alex Murashko – Higher Ground Contributor