Tony Granata

Non-Partisan | Indiana

Candidate Profile

Conservative (Conditional)

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Tony Granata


Party

Non-Partisan


Election Year

2024


Election

General


Race

Lake Central School Corporation School Board, At-Large Seats


Incumbent

No


Links

FacebookX

EDUCATION

Governors State University, University Park, BA

WORK & MILITARY

(Candidate did not provide)

AFFILIATIONS

Frankfort Township Republican Organization, Precinct Committeeman

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

Frankfort Square Park Commissioner, 2011-2019

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

(Candidate did not provide)

OTHER INFORMATION

QUESTIONNAIRE

RIGHT TO LIFE

Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.

Agree

What role should the school serve in helping a student with an unwanted or crisis pregnancy?

The only role a school should play in this situation is to notify the parents immediately upon being made aware.


RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

Teachers should be required to instruct students on mandated curriculum even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.

Neutral

Teachers must follow a lawful and constitutional state mandated curriculum. Their personal beliefs are their own, but cannot supersede a state curriculum.


ECONOMY

Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.

Strongly Agree

What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?

Government funding is necessary for public education, but must be continuously monitored by the taxpayers.


EDUCATION

Abortion and gender-affirming providers, including Planned Parenthood, should be a resource for instruction or services in the school.

Strongly Disagree

This is not the responsibility of public education. Any concerns surrounding pregnancy, gender affirmation, or any other non-education related circumstances should be reported to parents and left for them to decide how to appropriately handle these situations.

Consistent discipline creates a safe and orderly environment, which is essential for student learning.

Agree

Common sense discipline helps teach appropriate behaviors and discourages students from continuously breaking rules. It helps them grow into productive members of society.

Do you believe print and digital material available or presented to students should be easily accessible for public review, including those without children enrolled in school?

Yes

Yes, there’s no reason it shouldn’t be.

Educators should give students a thorough education in America's founding documents and cultivate American patriotism.

Strongly Agree

Absolutely. Patriotism builds communities and brings them together. We are one nation under God.

I support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).

Disagree

DEI policies place unnecessary burdens on public education to focus on color and gender over character and ability. They promote division and highlight differences that children would not otherwise recognize.

I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.

Choose not to answer

Please list in order the following priorities in relation to the role of a K-12 public school (omitting any that do not apply): American History, Art & Music, Civics, Critical Race Theory, Foreign Language, Gender Identity, Information Technology, Language Arts, Mathematics, Personal Finances, Physical Fitness, Political Activism, Science, Sexuality, Social Emotional Learning, Vocational Learning

CRT, Sexuality, Gender Identity, and Political Activism have NO place in public education. Period.

The state should fund education by allowing dollars to follow the child instead of the bureaucracy, through a program which allows parents the freedom to choose their child's school – public, private, or homeschool.

Strongly Agree

Which should students have: equity of outcomes or equality of opportunities?

Equality of opportunities.

Which type of written parental consent should be obtained before students are taught courses such as Comprehensive Sex Education (CSE)? (A) Opt-In. (B) Opt-Out. (C) None.

Opt out. Parents are ultimately in control of deciding what sex Ed their child receives.


2ND AMENDMENT

Faculty who are licensed to carry and have had ongoing training should be allowed to carry guns at school in order to respond to an active shooter situation.

Strongly Agree


OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES

In the event of a pandemic, school districts can mandate whatever health precautions they deem necessary (including masks and vaccines) to protect students and staff.

Disagree


ABOUT YOU

Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.

No

Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.

No

I voted in these primaries and general elections:

2014 Republican Primary 2014 General Election 2016 Republican Primary 2016 General Election 2018 Republican Primary 2018 General Election 2020 Republican Primary 2020 General Election 2022 Republican Primary 2022 General Election

When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?

Conservative


VALUES

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

Did not answer

Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?

With parental consent, it can be tough in public education. I believe for those children that do receive public sex Ed, junior high is appropriate.

If you support the teaching of Sex Ed, please answer the following question: Sexual education should include these topics (list all that apply and add your own, if needed) -- abortion methods and side effects; abstinence; consent; contraceptive methods; human anatomy/the reproductive system; physical and emotional health outcomes; sex acts and pleasures of sex; sexual orientation and gender identity; stages of pregnancy and fetal development

Contraceptive methods, physical and emotional health outcomes, stages of pregnancy and fetal development.

Children have a right to reach maturity without chemical or surgical castration, which would damage their healthy bodies through surgeries and may cause a life-long dependence on cross-sex hormones.

Strongly Agree

Children have the right to be protected from sexual grooming (including drag shows and explicit materials) in schools and libraries.

Strongly Agree

Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman essential to the formation and sustaining of a civil and prosperous society.

Disagree

Parents have the fundamental right to raise their child in accordance with their beliefs and values, including the right to make decisions about the child's education and healthcare.

Strongly Agree

Parents should have full and timely access to any and all records, including school and medical records, associated with their minor children.

Strongly Agree


ELECTIONS AND VOTING

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Strongly Disagree


EQUALITY

Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, or prison.

Strongly Agree

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