Shame on you! Shame on you! Shame on you! hundreds of mostly white parents jeered at the Loudoun County Public School board members. The crowd waved signs demanding that educators stop teaching racism, and that they should instruct students that there are only two genders.

It was the final meeting of the academic school year in June 2021, and these parents had convinced themselves that efforts to teach accurate U.S. history was secretly an attempt to foster anti-white sentiment in schools.

But during the public comment section, the crowd became unruly and the meeting was eventually shut down, much to the chagrin of the attendees. Two people were arrested for disorderly conduct and trespassing.

Now, every seat on the school board is up for election on Nov. 7, and the conservatives want to blow up the whole school board and start from scratch.

It takes approximately one hour to drive from downtown Washington, D.C. to Loudoun County, Virginia, depending on the Capital Beltways infamous traffic. The suburb is home to more than 400,000 people, a good portion of them affluent, as well as sprawling shopping centers, McMansions set upon meticulously kept green lawns, and well-regarded public schools.

For the people who live in the D.C. region, Loudoun is known as where wealthy people live, or where families move so their children can receive a top-notch education.

Its also rapidly growing, thanks to an influx of immigrants. The county was heavily Republican until 2008, when Barack Obama won it as has every Democratic presidential candidate since.

The changes that come along with population increases are evident while driving around the county; some locations are well-developed, while others are not. In Sterling, shopping malls with grocery stores and restaurants are packed close together, but in Ashburn, near the Loudoun County Public Schools headquarters, there is a dearth of street lamps, and I spotted a lone fox peering at the road while waiting for a moment to run across.

Despite the changes, Loudoun County still has a great reputation for world-class schools unless you ask a conservative.