Conservatives and Union Members Battle For Control of Town’s Schools

As children learned from home during the pandemic, parents saw what they were being taught. In some cases that's triggered pushback from parents opposed to how controversial topics were being handled. Ethan Miller/Getty Images

Conservatives and a teachers union have squared off over a small Colorado town’s schools.

After years with no contested school board election, a conservative slate last November took four of five seats on the Woodland Park School Board in Teller County outside Colorado Springs.