Colorado conservatives lay waste to leftist status quo and transform mountain school district into patriotic oasis – By Joseph MacKinnon (The Blaze) / May 10, 2023
Conservatives in the small Colorado mountain town of Woodland Park took over its school board little over a year ago. Rather than rest on their laurels, the board and its supporters have in the intervening months laid waste to the leftist status quo and turned the district into a patriotic microcosm inside the Democrat-run state.
A slate of conservative candidates — David Rusterholtz, Gary Grovetto, David Illingworth, and Suzanne Patterson — ran for election to the five-member board of education in Woodland Park School District RE-2 in November 2021.
The Pikes Peak Courirer reported that Rusterholtz vowed ahead of the election, “We will listen to what parents and students have to say, review all school board policies and not have a one-size-fits-all approach,” adding that there “is definitely a sentiment, not just here but around the nation, that parents want their kids to be educated to their virtues and values, and school districts need to listen to them.”
