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El Dorado County School Board Candidate Questionnaire 2022

Conducted by Education Impact El Dorado County

Education Impact EDC is distributing a non-partisan School Board Candidate Questionnaire to provide information on current educational issues to parents and community members of El Dorado County.  

The questions reflect school policies and curricula that will be decided by local school boards not by the State of California. 

Every School Board Candidate in EDC was contacted by phone and email. Not all responded. No candidates are endorsed.  (501C3 organizations can distribute non-partisan questionnaires).

Candidate responses are alphabetized by school district.  Candidate’s short answers are on the chart with longer answers following. Please read both sections.

 

Education Impact School Board Questionnaire 2022	Black Oak Mine	Buckeye
Questionnaire @ Educationimpact.us/schoolboards	Andrea	Scott	Ryan	Joellene
Questionnaire @ Educationimpactedc.blogspot.com	Dodson	Masten	Meier	Vakulich
Do you believe the local school district should have more local discretion?	Agree	Strongly Agree	Strongly Agree	Strongly Disagree
Do you support a parents' rights to review their children's curriculum?	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree
Do you believe parents should be more directly involved in shaping the school curriculum?	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree
Do you support labeling students as oppressors or oppressed based on race, religion, sex, or sexual identity? (i.e. Intersectionality, Critical Race Theory, Implicit Bias)	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree
Schools should provide health care clinics on campus, which provide mental health services, abortions, vaccines, or gender therapy to students without parental knowledge or consent for students above 12 years of age.	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree
Do you favor a women’s right to get an abortion?	Agree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Agree
Do you support unrestricted abortion up to the point of birth (AB 2223)?	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree
Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE), Social Emotional Learning (SEL), or surveys that include questions pertaining to sex or sexual identity should require parental permission to opt-in student participation in the course.	Strongly Disagree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Agree
Teens should be encouraged to avoid sex, just as they are encouraged to avoid other risks, such as smoking and underage drinking.	Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Agree
Children should not be taught specific sex acts as part of sex education.	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Agree
Students at school have the right to exercise their 1st amendment right of free speech, especially in matters of religious faith.	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree
Emergency use authorized vaccinations should be mandatory in public schools.	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree
The State of California exceeded its authority in mandating vaccines and masks.	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree
Education Impact School Board Questionnaire 2022	Andrea Dodson	Scott Masten	Ryan Meier	Joellene Vakulich
School personnel or mental health workers should not use alternative names and pronouns, be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, or changing the student’s gender designation in school records (CALPAD) without parental consent.	Strongly  Agree	Strongly Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly Disagree
I support allowing students to use public restrooms, showers, sleeping facilities, and changing rooms, and to participate in athletic competition based on the gender identity with which they identify instead of biological sex.	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree
Do you support different educational options, including charter schools that could reside within your district?	Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree
Do you support school choice where funding follows the child to the school of the parent's choice?	Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree
Do you support substituting the CA healthy kids "recommended" curriculum with an alternative sex education curriculum that is age-appropriate, meets state standards, and parent-approved?	Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Agree
Do you support the school educating students academically and not indoctrinating them based on social differences and philosophies?	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Agree

Black Oak Mine Unified                   Andrea Dodson         

What are the top three (3) most pressing issues facing the School District?  What steps would you take to accomplish them?

Enrollment, extra curricula availability, infrastructure, overall morale, accountability for students’ actions, and lack of action from the top down.

Be a firm voice for the parents by holding the superintendent accountable for his in action when necessary. Focus on working with the board to rebuild extra curricula into the elementary and Jr high levels which will uplift school spirit and increase parent involvement. Ensure clear policies are in place for student accountability and are followed correctly by the staff.

Buckeye Union                     Scott Masten

What are the top three (3) most pressing issues facing the School District?  What steps would you take to accomplish them?

 

Priority 1: COVID Pandemic Response

• -        Science-based decisions about curriculum and policies
• -        Parents should make decisions for their children
• -        Children need social engagement and face-to-face learning
• -        No more authoritarian one-size-fits-all policies

Priority 2: Safe Schools

• -        Protect students from violence and respond quickly to emergency situations
• -        Ongoing crisis response & post-crisis reunification training for teachers and staff
• -        Resource officer presence on every campus

Priority 3: Academic Standards

• -        Teach how to think, not what to think
• -        Foundational and fundamental public education
• -        Strong, evidence-based, and well-rounded academic curricula
• -        Moral and ideological development belongs at home
• -        Prepare students to excel in high school and beyond
• -        Maintain positive relationships with charter schools
• -        Local decisions for our community from an unbiased, citizen-lead school board
• -        District fiscal responsibility

Education Impact School Board Questionnaire 2022	Camino	EDCOE Area 2	EDCOE Area 4	El Dorado Union High School
Questionnaire @ Educationimpact.us/schoolboards	Bill	Larry	Amy	Ray
Questionnaire @ Educationimpactedc.blogspot.com	Snodgrass	Harris	Sellers	Nutting
Do you believe the local school district should have more local discretion?	Strongly Agree	Strongly Agree	Strongly Agree	Strongly Agree
Do you support a parents' rights to review their children's curriculum?	Strongly Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree
Do you believe parents should be more directly involved in shaping the school curriculum?	Strongly Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree
Do you support labeling students as oppressors or oppressed based on race, religion, sex, or sexual identity? (i.e. Intersectionality, Critical Race Theory, Implicit Bias)	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree
Schools should provide health care clinics on campus, which provide mental health services, abortions, vaccines, or gender therapy to students without parental knowledge or consent for students above 12 years of age.	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree
Do you favor a women’s right to get an abortion?	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree
Do you support unrestricted abortion up to the point of birth (AB 2223)?	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree
Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE), Social Emotional Learning (SEL), or surveys that include questions pertaining to sex or sexual identity should require parental permission to opt-in student participation in the course.	Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree
Teens should be encouraged to avoid sex, just as they are encouraged to avoid other risks, such as smoking and underage drinking.	Strongly Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree
Children should not be taught specific sex acts as part of sex education.	Strongly Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree
Students at school have the right to exercise their 1st amendment right of free speech, especially in matters of religious faith.	Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree
Emergency use authorized vaccinations should be mandatory in public schools.	Disagree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree
The State of California exceeded its authority in mandating vaccines and masks.	Strongly Agree	Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree
School personnel or mental health workers should not use alternative names and pronouns, be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, or changing the student’s gender designation in school records (CALPAD) without parental consent.	Strongly Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree
I support allowing students to use public restrooms, showers, sleeping facilities, and changing rooms, and to participate in athletic competition based on the gender identity with which they identify instead of biological sex.	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree
Do you support different educational options, including charter schools that could reside within your district?	Strongly Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree
Do you support school choice where funding follows the child to the school of the parent's choice?	Strongly Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree
Do you support substituting the CA healthy kids "recommended" curriculum with an alternative sex education curriculum that is age-appropriate, meets state standards, and parent-approved?	Strongly Agree	Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree
Do you support the school educating students academically and not indoctrinating them based on social differences and philosophies?	Strongly Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree

Buckeye Union                     Ryan Meier     

What are the top three (3) most pressing issues facing the School District?

Race based curriculum, porn in the libraries, lack of school choice          

What steps would you take to accomplish them?  Whatever I can.

Buckeye Union                       Joellene Vakulich      

What are the top three (3) most pressing issues facing the School District?

Parents and students’ rights, the mandates, the lesson plan and what’s included

What steps would you take to accomplish them? Talking with my community and being active.

Camino Union          Bill Snodgrass

What are the top three (3) most pressing issues facing the School District?

Keeping students in the classroom, salaries and retaining teachers         

What steps would you take to accomplish them?  Look ways to fund teachers’ salaries.

County Board of Education - Area 2           Larry Harris   

What are the top three (3) most pressing issues facing the School District?

1. Securing quality curriculum; 2. Creating policies to mitigate politics in school; 3. Increasing parental involvement.

What steps would you take to accomplish them?

Review current policies and amend them as needed and takes steps to encourage more willing parents to become involved in the process of reviewing and choosing curriculum and participate in school board decision making processes.

County Board of Education - Area 4           Amy Sellers    

What are the top three (3) most pressing issues facing the School District?

Academic Performance, Textbook Choices/ recommendations, Bureaucracy

What steps would you take to accomplish them?

Keep the Board and Supt. focused on education, upgrade in-person services while reducing administrative staff, enact policy limiting curricula to community values, not CRT or CSE

El Dorado Union High School          Ray Nutting   

What are the top three (3) most pressing issues facing the School District?  School Choice, Parents Rights, Reject State's Mask, gender, sex ed programs  

What steps would you take to accomplish them?  Always raise the issues at board meetings and vote to have the state change requirements and always send a powerful message to the state.  Always vote conservative!

Education Impact School Board Questionnaire 2022	Gold Oak
Questionnaire @ Educationimpact.us/schoolboards	Roy	Jerald	Christina
Questionnaire @ Educationimpactedc.blogspot.com	Boyd	Soracco	Karle
Do you believe the local school district should have more local discretion?	Strongly Agree	Strongly Agree	Strongly Agree
Do you support a parents' rights to review their children's curriculum?	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Agree
Do you believe parents should be more directly involved in shaping the school curriculum?	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Agree
Do you support labeling students as oppressors or oppressed based on race, religion, sex, or sexual identity? (i.e. Intersectionality, Critical Race Theory, Implicit Bias)	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree
Schools should provide health care clinics on campus, which provide mental health services, abortions, vaccines, or gender therapy to students without parental knowledge or consent for students above 12 years of age.	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree
Do you favor a women’s right to get an abortion?	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Disagree
Do you support unrestricted abortion up to the point of birth (AB 2223)?	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree
Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE), Social Emotional Learning (SEL), or surveys that include questions pertaining to sex or sexual identity should require parental permission to opt-in student participation in the course.	Strongly Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree
Teens should be encouraged to avoid sex, just as they are encouraged to avoid other risks, such as smoking and underage drinking.	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Agree
Children should not be taught specific sex acts as part of sex education.	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree
Students at school have the right to exercise their 1st amendment right of free speech, especially in matters of religious faith.	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree
Emergency use authorized vaccinations should be mandatory in public schools.	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree
The State of California exceeded its authority in mandating vaccines and masks.	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree
School personnel or mental health workers should not use alternative names and pronouns, be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, or changing the student’s gender designation in school records (CALPAD) without parental consent.	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree
I support allowing students to use public restrooms, showers, sleeping facilities, and changing rooms, and to participate in athletic competition based on the gender identity with which they identify instead of biological sex.	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree
Do you support different educational options, including charter schools that could reside within your district?	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Agree
Do you support school choice where funding follows the child to the school of the parent's choice?	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Agree
Do you support substituting the CA healthy kids "recommended" curriculum with an alternative sex education curriculum that is age-appropriate, meets state standards, and parent-approved?	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree
Do you support the school educating students academically and not indoctrinating them based on social differences and philosophies?	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree

Gold Oak Union School                   Roy Boyd

 

What are the top three (3) most pressing issues facing the School District?

Critical race theory, sexual grooming, and Marxist ideology

What steps would you take to accomplish them?

Work to remove all ideology from curriculum with a focus on the three R’s, and true American history

Gold Oak Union School                   Christina Karle           

What are the top three (3) most pressing issues facing the School District?

1.      Prevent early sexualization of children and the promotion of harmful and radical ideologies such as CRT, SEL and Gender Theory in the classroom.

2.      Schools should play a supportive community role while recognizing parents as the ultimate authority in making private decisions regarding their child’s healthcare and education.  

3.      School Boards, are typically the most accessible and impactful form of constitutional representative government to citizens and supported by their taxes, therefore I believe must make every effort to be a Voice for parents and community members in their district.

What steps would you take to accomplish them?

1.      Work with curriculum committee members to critically evaluate curriculum, and also evaluate school services and programs

2.      Keep communication open and parents informed, support parents in their rights to parent and care for their children; provide resources for further education.

3.      A few ideas: Provide brief periodic surveys to parents and families on relevant issues or proposed actions, propose teams to target a solution for a specific problem, show up to key school events to interact with families and staff, welcome attendees and speakers at board meetings, provide explanation of protocols and procedures, etc.

Gold Oak Union School                   Jerald Soracco           

What are the top three (3) most pressing issues facing the School District?

1. Poor curriculum that is woke.  2. Safety of campus.  3. Making learning exciting

What steps would you take to accomplish them?

• 1.      Reject any curriculum that resembles indoctrination instead of education.
• 2.      Increase security measures across campus including that no student is to leave the campus without parental consent.
• 3.      Bring back the music program, all sports programs, build a wood/metal shop, have foreign language available, have a life skills class developed and taught, and have assemblies to inspire students for STEM. 

Education Impact School Board Questionnaire 2022	Gold Trail			Indian Diggings
Questionnaire @ Educationimpact.us/schoolboards	Nate	Molley	Eddy	Julie
Questionnaire @ Educationimpactedc.blogspot.com	Grgich	Klier	Klier	Clement
Do you believe the local school district should have more local discretion?	Strongly Agree	Strongly Agree	Strongly Agree	Disagree
Do you support a parents' rights to review their children's curriculum?	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Agree
Do you believe parents should be more directly involved in shaping the school curriculum?	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Agree
Do you support labeling students as oppressors or oppressed based on race, religion, sex, or sexual identity? (i.e. Intersectionality, Critical Race Theory, Implicit Bias)	Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree
Schools should provide health care clinics on campus, which provide mental health services, abortions, vaccines, or gender therapy to students without parental knowledge or consent for students above 12 years of age.	Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Disagree
Do you favor a women’s right to get an abortion?	Agree	Agree	Refuse to Respond	Refuse to Respond
Do you support unrestricted abortion up to the point of birth (AB 2223)?	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Disagree
Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE), Social Emotional Learning (SEL), or surveys that include questions pertaining to sex or sexual identity should require parental permission to opt-in student participation in the course.	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Agree
Teens should be encouraged to avoid sex, just as they are encouraged to avoid other risks, such as smoking and underage drinking.	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Agree	Agree
Children should not be taught specific sex acts as part of sex education.	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Agree
Students at school have the right to exercise their 1st amendment right of free speech, especially in matters of religious faith.	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Agree
Emergency use authorized vaccinations should be mandatory in public schools.	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Refuse to Respond
The State of California exceeded its authority in mandating vaccines and masks.	Strongly Disagree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Refuse to Respond
School personnel or mental health workers should not use alternative names and pronouns, be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, or changing the student’s gender designation in school records (CALPAD) without parental consent.	Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Disagree
I support allowing students to use public restrooms, showers, sleeping facilities, and changing rooms, and to participate in athletic competition based on the gender identity with which they identify instead of biological sex.	Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Disagree
Do you support different educational options, including charter schools that could reside within your district?	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Agree	Agree
Do you support school choice where funding follows the child to the school of the parent's choice?	Agree	Strongly  Agree	Agree	Agree
Do you support substituting the CA healthy kids "recommended" curriculum with an alternative sex education curriculum that is age-appropriate, meets state standards, and parent-approved?	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Refuse to Respond
Do you support the school educating students academically and not indoctrinating them based on social differences and philosophies?	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Agree

 

Gold Trail Union School                   Molley Klier    

What are the top three (3) most pressing issues facing the School District?

Keeping kids in school, making sure parents know what in the whole curriculum without having to jump through hoops, encouraging independent thought

What steps would you take to accomplish them?

Listening to parents’ concerns, trying to make clear cut direct information on what to expect for curriculum and encouragement of independent thought 

Gold Trail Union School                   Eddy Klier      

What are the top three (3) most pressing issues facing the School District?

1. 1.      Student attendance.
2. 2.      Transparent curriculum.
3. 3.      Lack of critical thinking being taught.

What steps would you take to accomplish them?

1.      We need to critically look at why student attendance is down and not blame the "pandemic". Seeking input as to why parents don't want to send their kids to our district is crucial to make positive changes regarding attendance.

2.      Parents need to know what is being taught to their children. A process and/or system needs to be in place, and easily accessible, for parents to know what curriculum is being presentnted. Parents also need a voice regarding potential controversial topics being taught.

3.      As our children develop into young adults, it is imperative that they are taught how to think for themselves and not what to think. I believe we need to develop a culture of respecting opposing opinions and healthy debate.

Gold Trail Union School                   Nate Grgich                  

What are the top three (3) most pressing issues facing the School District?

1. -        Parents' Choices on Curriculum
2. -        Parent involvement and rights
3. -        Children being able to attend a safe environment away from outside threats coming into the learning space.

What steps would you take to accomplish them?

Gather parents to speak on curriculum and take cues from them, and choose a curriculum based upon the area which we are from, not just a state blessed set of material. Have safety meetings and trainings at the schools to increase communication and processes for keep the kids safe."

 

Indian Diggins                     Julie Clement

What are the top three (3) most pressing issues facing the School District?

Enrollment numbers, child population decline, school building deteriorating

What steps would you take to accomplish them?

Watch & encourage enrollment & help make decisions to improve building infrastructure

 

Education Impact School Board Questionnaire 2022	Mother Lode Union				Placerville Union
Questionnaire @ Educationimpact.us/schoolboards	Peter	Bridgett	Rae	Valerie	Adam
Questionnaire @ Educationimpactedc.blogspot.com	Martinez	Hartshorn	Hardy	Baker	Dominguez
Do you believe the local school district should have more local discretion?	Disagree	Agree	Strongly Agree	Strongly Agree	Strongly Agree
Do you support a parents' rights to review their children's curriculum?	Agree	Strongly Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly Agree
Do you believe parents should be more directly involved in shaping the school curriculum?	Agree	Agree	Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly Agree
Do you support labeling students as oppressors or oppressed based on race, religion, sex, or sexual identity? (i.e. Intersectionality, Critical Race Theory, Implicit Bias)	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree
Schools should provide health care clinics on campus, which provide mental health services, abortions, vaccines, or gender therapy to students without parental knowledge or consent for students above 12 years of age.	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Refuse to Respond	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree
Do you favor a women’s right to get an abortion?	Disagree	Disagree	Refuse to Respond	Agree	Refuse to Respond
Do you support unrestricted abortion up to the point of birth (AB 2223)?	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Refuse to Respond	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree
Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE), Social Emotional Learning (SEL), or surveys that include questions pertaining to sex or sexual identity should require parental permission to opt-in student participation in the course.	Agree	Strongly  Agree	Refuse to Respond	Strongly  Agree	Strongly Agree
Teens should be encouraged to avoid sex, just as they are encouraged to avoid other risks, such as smoking and underage drinking.	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly Agree
Children should not be taught specific sex acts as part of sex education.	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly Agree
Students at school have the right to exercise their 1st amendment right of free speech, especially in matters of religious faith.	Agree	Strongly  Agree	Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly Agree
Emergency use authorized vaccinations should be mandatory in public schools.	Disagree	Strongly Agree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree
The State of California exceeded its authority in mandating vaccines and masks.	Agree	Strongly Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly Agree
School personnel or mental health workers should not use alternative names and pronouns, be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, or changing the student’s gender designation in school records (CALPAD) without parental consent.	Strongly  Agree	Strongly Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly Agree
I support allowing students to use public restrooms, showers, sleeping facilities, and changing rooms, and to participate in athletic competition based on the gender identity with which they identify instead of biological sex.	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Strongly Disagree
Do you support different educational options, including charter schools that could reside within your district?	Agree	Strongly Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly Agree
Do you support school choice where funding follows the child to the school of the parent's choice?	Agree	Strongly Agree	Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly Agree
Do you support substituting the CA healthy kids "recommended" curriculum with an alternative sex education curriculum that is age-appropriate, meets state standards, and parent-approved?	Agree	Strongly Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly Agree
Do you support the school educating students academically and not indoctrinating them based on social differences and philosophies?	Agree	Strongly Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly  Agree	Strongly Agree

Mother Lode Union School              Valerie Baker

What are the top three (3) most pressing issues facing the School District?

Low grades and test scores with almost half of the students at HGMS failing. Overcrowded class rooms that lead to discipline issues. The need for faculty to focus on teaching the basics needed for high school and not gender ideology.      

What steps would you take to accomplish them?

Research study hall group availability and see what other districts have done to improve scores. Add staff to decrease class size. Educate teachers so they understand that gender ideology and critical race theory do not belong in the curriculum. Request an additional resource officer so there is one designated for each school; not one shared by both schools.

Mother Lode Union             Bridgett Hartshorn

What are the top three (3) most pressing issues facing the School District?

Safety of our children and teachers, Keeping the school day focuses on learning by adopting a superior academic curriculum, Valuing parents and concerned citizens of our community and listening to their input and concerns.

What steps would you take to accomplish them?

I will learn the job so that I can understand my parameters as a board member and then vote my conservative values to effectively change or amend items as they come to the board for decisions.

Mother Lode Union             Peter Martinez

What are the top three (3) most pressing issues facing the School District?

Below in basic reading writing and arithmetic

What steps would you take to accomplish them?

Find a curriculum that can improve the basics

Mother Lode Union             Rae Hardy

What are the top three (3) most pressing issues facing the School District?

Improved curriculum, less interventions, more actual teaching

What steps would you take to accomplish them?

Community partnership and parental involvement, normalcy and supporting mental health in students to aid in teacher retention and behavioral improvements.  Increased communication with parents and involvements. Attention to details regarding curriculum and communication with teachers and their input into solutions that work.

 

Placerville Union             Adam Dominguez

What are the top three (3) most pressing issues facing the School District?

School safety, curriculum, 2 yrs. of lost education

What steps would you take to accomplish them?

Parental involvement for one.  We can gain great ideas working together.  More LEO presence.  Is it possible?  Is there a peer-to-peer tutoring program?  Students helping students learn i.e. 5th teaches 3rd.

 

 

 

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