It's Saturday morning, May 1, 2021.

Election Day in South Lake, Texas.

There's never been a local election here, white like this one.

Two warring factions are set up on opposite sides of City Hall at Town Square.

As a steady stream of voters arrive to cast ballots.

On one side, a small group of volunteers hold signs in support of candidates who've

campaigned on a promise to support new diversity and inclusion programs at the Carroll Independent

School District.

On the other side, a much larger, rowdyer group has gathered to cheer on the slate of conservative

candidates backed by South Lake Families Pack.

They're waving huge, dragon green campaign signs for school board candidates Hannah Smith

and Cam Bryan, and yelling for passing drivers to hunk their horns in support.

On a corner in between them, Antonio and I are standing outside the polling entrance.

Would you be open to sharing a little bit about what brought you out for this election?

Trying to talk to voters.

For months, parents in this town have been fighting about Carroll's Cultural Competence

Action Plan.

The Sea Cap.

We've come to see if all that noise has actually changed minds among regular voters.

The kinds of folks who don't have time to show up at school board meetings week after

week.

Excuse me, are you all South Lake voters?

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