Advance Morning News
It's October 28, 2024, and today features an in-depth analysis of the special role that books have played in the Spotsylvania Schools drama.
By Martin Davis
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
It Ends Where It Began ... With Books
Of all the questions that have emerged over the chaos that has surrounded the Spotsylvania County School Board over the past five years, perhaps none is more perplexing than this: “Why did books become the flashpoint?” The answer isn’t found in the desire to purge books, but to end public education.
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Excellent column.