Jeff Larson

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The school should provide support so that the student completes his or her K-12 education. Any student who is a parent or who has contributed to a pregnancy is considered to be an at-risk student, and CCISD already provides additional support to all at-risk students.

Strongly Agree

This informs my approach to taxes levied by the school district.

The Texas Constitution mandates that a public education be provided to all students who wish to enroll in K-12 public school, paid for by the government. This is not up for debate. I prefer to not comment on government funding for college as that is not my purview. I do note that CCISD accepts donations from charity in order to provide college credits (dual credit) for some students.

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The wording of this question implies that a certain political position is correct, making this difficult to answer. CCISD policy is to refer to the gender of each student by the gender expressed on that student's current legal birth certificate, a policy which I support. There is a process for students to change the gender on their birth certificates through the courts if that document is no longer consistent with reality.

Strongly Disagree

Texas public schools are limited by law in matters of sexual instruction and advice, including information on abortion. I have no desire that CCISD violate the law.

Strongly Agree

Inconsistent discipline is unjust and unfair, and leads to a chaotic and unproductive learning environment.

Yes

Educational materials must be able to stand up to public scrutiny as the public education system is paid for by public tax dollars.

Strongly Agree

America is an exceptional nation because it is based on ideas, not ethnicity. If each generation is not well-grounded in these ideas, much of what makes America unique stands to be lost.

Strongly Disagree

I support an inclusive school system that provides the highest quality education to all students, regardless of background. I also support staff hiring and promotion practices that judge applicants on merit only and fully complies with state and federal law. My impression is that DEI is often a buzzword that is used to justify inequality and unfair practices, giving members of various groups unearned advantages over other groups.

Neutral

I believe the federal government has a role in the nation's education system, but one much reduced from the one it has now. I support reducing the budget and function of the DoEd until it is no longer a cabinet-level organization. I do support more control over education being returned to the states and communities.

Language Arts must come first...if you can't read well, you will remain ignorant for life. After that, Civics, Social Emotional Learning (which is really just learning appropriate behavior), Mathematics, Information Technology, Vocational Learning, Science, American History, Physical Fitness, Art & Music, Foreign Language, and Personal Finances. Sex Education is already covered in the Science curriculum.

Strongly Agree

I have repeatedly stated that the future of education is healthy competition between public and private education providers. Nearly all nations whose education systems outperform the US already have some version of this. My goal as a CCISD trustee is to prepare the district for this competition, and to ensure that CCISD provides a superior education at a reasonable cost.

Equality of outcomes leads to "tall poppy syndrome", stifling innovation and creativity. It has failed miserably in every nation that has attempted it. Equality of opportunity is the American way, and has led to the success that we all enjoy.

It is Texas law that these classes be Opt-In. Any personal preference of mine is irrelevant.

This is not relevant to the position sought. I am running to be a school trustee, not a priest or Sunday School teacher.

Ideally, parents would teach this at all ages on an age-appropriate basis. Unfortunately, some parents neglect this, requiring the public education system to serve as a backstop.

The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) requires teaching of abstinence, consent, contraceptive methods, human anatomy/the reproductive system, physical and emotional health outcomes, stages of pregnancy and fetal development. I support all that. Sexual orientation and gender identity is not part of the Sex Ed curriculum but needs to be discussed to promote healthy interpersonal relationships and to prevent bullying. The only thing I would add to the curriculum is some discussion of human intersex characteristics - how common these conditions are, and how they come about.

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This is not relevant to the position sought. I am running to be a school trustee, not a medical commissioner or the head of a medical ethics committee.

Strongly Agree

My comments are confined to public schools and not to public and private libraries located off school grounds. The mission of the public school system is to educate. The dissemination of explicit materials is not part of that mission.

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This is irrelevant to the position sought. Many students in CCISD have same-sex parents. By law, these must be given the same parental rights and privileges as parents in traditional marriages. My concern is for the well-being and education of the child, not the gender or sex of the child's parents.

Strongly Agree

I have nothing to add to this, it is a foundational statement.

Strongly Agree

There is only one exception, that being reports of parental abuse that are being timely investigated in accordance with the law. All other records should be available to parents.

Disagree

I'm only answering this due to my history as an election judge and because CCISD may administer its own elections. There is a process in place in Texas for a person without ID to vote a provisional ballot, which will be discarded if the person fails to provide ID in an appropriate timespan after the election. This is the proper means of ensuring both election integrity and every citizen's right to vote.

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Without a working definition of the term "biological male", this question is unanswerable. CCISD will comply with University Interscholastic League (UIL) decisions on this matter, consistent with student safety and state law.

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Again, without a working definition of "biological male", this question cannot be answered. CCISD has no women's shelters, prisons, or sororities. CCISD students are to use the bathroom and locker room facility consistent with the sex identified on their birth certificates.

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Conservative

My observation is that what is "conservative" seems to change from year to year. My views are best summarized as being those of a "Classical Liberal" as described by the economist Friedrich Hayek. They are consistent with the prevailing views of the Republican Party in the 19th and early 20th centuries up to Calvin Coolidge, and are also consistent with most of the views of the nation's Founders.

Strongly Agree

CCISD has detailed plans for dealing with active shooters, including coordination between teachers, students, administrators, on-campus School Resource Officers (SROs) and responding off-campus law enforcement. I am not opposed to allowing licensed and trained faculty to carry guns on campus, but it is absolutely essential that anyone doing this be fully trained in our response protocols and properly integrated into that response.

Strongly Disagree

This is a matter of state law. In the unlikely event of another pandemic in the next few years, CCISD will implement whatever measures community medical leaders recommend, consistent with state law. CCISD must deal with both the Galveston and Harris County boards of health and will use best judgement in the event of conflicting requirements by these two agencies.