{"product_id":"the-battle-for-loudoun-county-inside-the-culture-war-between-a-woke-school-board-and-the-radical-right-in-americas-wealthiest-suburb-hardcover","title":"The Battle for Loudoun County: Inside the Culture War Between a Woke School Board and the Radical Right in America's Wealthiest Suburb - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWayde B. Byard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2021, a new battleground in America's political and cultural wars emerged--local school boards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeemingly overnight, parents across the country joined with activist groups and political figures at all levels to engage in heated--sometimes violent--fights over issues such as COVID mandates, retrofitting bathrooms to accommodate changing gender representation, and the teaching of American history through the lens of race.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the epicenter of this outrage machine was Loudoun County, a suburb of Washington, D.C., and the wealthiest county in the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the county's beloved public schools information officer for more than twenty years, Wayde Byard had a front-row seat to the transformation of public education from the bedrock of community to a vicious political knife-fight, complete with death threats and arrests after riotous meetings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut it wasn't until the sexual assault of a high school girl by a boy who was described as wearing a dress became national news that he became something he never expected--a target of a politically motivated felony investigation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccused, along with the superintendent, by an ambitious, conservative governor and attorney general of covering up the crime, Byard--who most students knew from his popular announcements of snow days--was ultimately acquitted of a perjury charge but left with a troubling awareness that what happened to him could happen to anyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Battle for Loudoun County\u003c\/i\u003e provides a rare and intimate window into the dangers of America's \"bathroom wars\" and the culture of outrage that, if left unchecked, will tear our country apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53756852011341,"sku":"9798891380790","price":44.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/yiNLxE_bDF9798891380790.webp?v=1776754597","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/the-battle-for-loudoun-county-inside-the-culture-war-between-a-woke-school-board-and-the-radical-right-in-americas-wealthiest-suburb-hardcover","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}