Gregory Peter Puccetti
Non-Partisan | Kentucky
Candidate Profile*
Conservative (Conditional)
*Additional information appears below for educational purposes; however, only data received prior to the candidate deadline was considered during Panel Evaluation.
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Gregory Peter Puccetti
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2022
Election
General
Race
Jefferson County Public Schools Board of Education, District 5
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
University of Louisville, Louisville, MA, 92
Northern Illinois Uiversity, DeKalb, BA, 85
Northcentral University, Prescot, PhD, 2016
WORK & MILITARY
US Army (Active and Reserve), Colonel, 30
Jefferson County Public Schools, Technology/Social Studies Teacher, 27
AFFILIATIONS
St. Thomas More Catholic Church, Member
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
(Candidate did not provide)
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
3rd Congressional District, KY
Race
Previous Races
ENDORSEMENTS*
*These endorsements were received after the deadline and were not considered in the Panel Evaluations and are for additional educational purposes only.
CONSERVATIVE (1)
*Freedoms Heritage Forum
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
WinRed (2022)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (1)
WinRed (2022)
SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS
- Statement of Spending Intent - filed 5/31/2022
- Please note: The following information was received by iVoterGuide after panel evaluations occurred and is for additional educational purposes only.
OTHER INFORMATION
Voter Record from the Commonwealth of Kentucky State Board of Elections indicates candidate's Political Affiliation is Republican (as of 8/15/2022).
Election Voting History for Gregory P Puccetti during time of residence in district and/or at current address:
- Voted in 1 Primary election (2022)
- Voted in 3 General elections (2018 - 2020)
**Voter history is not considered during panel evaluations.**
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Agree
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
ECONOMY
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Agree
School districts should be able to use taxpayer money for lobbying the state legislature.
Neutral
In limited cases and with extreme discretion.
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
State governments are primarily responsible for public funding of education from Pre-K to the 12th Grade, but not college.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
At school, students should be able to speak freely and civilly about matters of conscience and faith, including Christianity.
Strongly Agree
School districts should not discriminate against individuals, organizations or small businesses because of their belief that marriage is only a union of one man and one woman.
Strongly Agree
Students should not be allowed to pray in school.
Strongly Disagree
EDUCATION
What is the function of the local school board?
The primary function of the local school board is to ensure that students are getting a quality education in a safe learning environment. To achieve that goal, local school boards must listen to the local stakeholders and taking into account their voices when creating local policies and procedures that implement the laws of the state government. Additionally, local school boards must monitor and assess the implementation the local policies and ensure that those policies are working as intended and that public resources are used wisely.
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
The state of KY has final approval of most curriculum, but local school boards normally have wide discretion in determining the resources utilized in the classroom.
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
Parents and other stakeholders should be provided adequate time to have their voices heard at each school board meeting and also be provided with the contact information for each board member.
Please list in order the following priorities in relation to the role of a K-12 public school (omitting any that do not apply): Mathematics, Information Technology, Science, Political Activism, Personal Finances, Gender Identity, Physical Fitness, American History, Critical Race Theory, Language Arts, Art & Music, Vocational Learning, Sexuality, Foreign Language, Social Emotional Learning
Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, American History, World History, Geography, Information Technology, Personal Finance, Vocational Learning, Foreign Language, Art & Music, Physical Fitness
American civics education should emphasize our nation's founding principles of liberty and equality.
Strongly Agree
Before students are taught courses such as Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE) or Social Emotional Learning (SEL), they must opt-in with written parental permission.
Strongly Agree
The loss of local control in education is too high a price to pay in exchange for federal dollars.
Neutral
School districts need to opt out of accepting federal dollars whenever the cost of accepting the dollars would force the local school board to unnecessarily deviate from its mission of educations students properly.
I support the teaching of curricula (such as the 1619 Project, No Place for Hate, Second Step, etc.) that emphasizes slavery and racism as the foundation of American history.
Strongly Disagree
Many of these programs teach a false narrative that America is fundamentally and irredeemably flawed; this causes students to hate their own country and its place in the world.
Parents are the ultimate authority in their child’s education and should be able to freely pursue whatever educational options they deem best for their child.
Strongly Agree
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a practicing Catholic. I value my faith, my family, and loyalty to my country.
I support allowing public high school students to participate in athletic competition based on the gender with which they identify instead of biological sex.
Strongly Disagree
Students are free to participate in any sport based on their biological sex.
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
Age appropriate sex education is appropriate for students beginning in the 4th grade.
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) -- Physical and emotional health outcomes; contraceptive methods; consent; abstinence; sexual orientation and gender identity; human anatomy/the reproductive system; abortion methods and side effects; stages of pregnancy and fetal development; sex acts and pleasures of sex
Physical and emotional health outcomes; contraceptive methods; consent; abstinence; sexual orientation, human anatomy/the reproductive system; abortion methods and side effects; stages of pregnancy and fetal development
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.
Agree
No healthcare diagnosis or treatment, whether mental, reproductive, or otherwise, should be given to a child without first receiving written consent from the parent.
Strongly Agree
Except emergency care
No school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.
Strongly Agree
Students using alternative pronouns with the permission of the parents. Common nicknames are acceptable.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
Voting integrity must be maintained in order to ensure fair elections. Part of that means knowing that only eligible voters are voting.
ABOUT YOU
Have you ever been convicted of a felony or been penalized in either civil or criminal court for sexual misconduct? If so, please explain.
No
A candidate's personal moral values should not be relevant when considering a candidacy for elective office.
Disagree
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?
Lean Conservative
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
https://whas.iheart.com/featured/terry-meiners/content/2022-02-24-greg-puccetti-talks-ukrainerussia-jcps-and-his-race-for-3rd-district/
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
I will fight for the student, parents, teachers and the community to ensure that all JCPS students have the opportunity to obtain a high quality education.
2ND AMENDMENT
Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.
Disagree
Additional school specific training and requirements would need to be required before any teacher is allowed to carry a gun in the classroom.
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
None
I support mask mandates.
Strongly Disagree
Students should be allowed to wear M95, or equivalent, masks. Cloth masks do little to nothing to stop the spread of the COVID virus.
