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School boards around the country are under fire. What exactly do they do?
By Theresa Waldrop
An angry crowd at a Loudoun County, Virginia, school board meeting in June.
Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
CNN —
School board members around the country have faced heckling, protests, even death threats and at least one lawsuit recently.
Constituents have shown up at normally placid meetings to voice dissent of everything from mask mandate policies – or the lack of them – to teaching critical race theory and policies around transgender students.
Last month, the National School Boards Association sent a letter to President Joe Biden asking for help looking into the threats and bullying.
“As these acts of malice, violence, and threats against public school officials have increased, the classification of these heinous actions could be the equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes,” the school boards association stated in the letter.
Here’s a look school boards and what they do to elicit such strong feelings.
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By Theresa Waldrop

An angry crowd at a Loudoun County, Virginia, school board meeting in June.
Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
CNN —
School board members around the country have faced heckling, protests, even death threats and at least one lawsuit recently.
Constituents have shown up at normally placid meetings to voice dissent of everything from mask mandate policies – or the lack of them – to teaching critical race theory and policies around transgender students.
Last month, the National School Boards Association sent a letter to President Joe Biden asking for help looking into the threats and bullying.
“As these acts of malice, violence, and threats against public school officials have increased, the classification of these heinous actions could be the equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes,” the school boards association stated in the letter.
Here’s a look school boards and what they do to elicit such strong feelings.

School boards around the country are under fire. What exactly do they do? | CNN
School board members around the country have faced heckling, protests, even death threats and at least one lawsuit recently.