Rhonda Cheek
Non-Partisan | North Carolina
Candidate Profile
Moderate
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Rhonda Cheek
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2022
Election
General
Race
Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Schools Board of Education, District 1
Incumbent
Yes
Links
EDUCATION
Univeristy of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, BA Business Administration, 1988
Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, AD Nursing, 1981
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
Mt Zion UMC, Member, University City UMC
Choir, Children's Music leader, Trustee, Vacation Bible School leader, Girl Scouts USA, Troop Leader, District Manager
PTA, North Carolina PTA Oak Leaf award for outstanding PTA Volunteer in North Carolina, FUME (Families UNited for Mecklenburg Education)q
Founder and CHair, Charlotte Advocates for Education, Board Member
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Charlotte Mecklenbrug Board of Education, District 1, 13
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Candidate did not provide
Race
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
Huntersville Mayor Melinda Bales, COrnelius Mayor Woody Washam, Matthew Mayor John Higdon
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (1)
Robert A. Rucho (2009)
SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS
- Statement of Organization and Candidate Designation of Committee Funds - 3/16/2022
- Disclosure Report - period of 3/16/2022-3/22/2022
- Certification to Close Committee - 5/31/2022
- Disclosure Report - period of 3/23/2022-5/31/2022
- Statement of Organization and Candidate Designation of Committee Funds - 8/11/2022
OTHER INFORMATION
Election Voting History for Rhonda Garner Cheek during time of resident in district and/or at current address:
- 2022 Party Primary Election: Republican
- 2020 Party Primary Election: Republican
- Voted in eight Republican Primary Elections 2002 - 2018
- Voted in five Primary Elections 1987 - 2001
- Voted in 31 General Elections 1988 - 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
I dont support any outside groups doing instruction in our schools with the exception of police- DARE program
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Agree
ECONOMY
School districts should be able to use taxpayer money for lobbying the state legislature.
Agree
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
Public education is the foundation of our democracy, I support publicly funded education
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
At school, students should be able to speak freely and civilly about matters of conscience and faith, including Christianity.
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.
Agree
Students should not be allowed to pray in school.
Disagree
HEALTHCARE
Under what circumstances (if any) should a government, school, or employer be allowed to require vaccinations?
As a nurse I do support routine childnood vaccinations. https://immunization.dph.ncdhhs.gov/schools/k-12.htm
EDUCATION
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
All members of he public should be allowed to speak, during approved public comment time in the agenda, in accordance to the District policies
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
Our top priority is to ensure the academic success of all students-
American civics education should emphasize our nation's founding principles of liberty and equality.
Neutral
The civics curriculum shoulder be comprehensive and historically accurate
Before students are taught courses such as Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE) or Social Emotional Learning (SEL), they must opt-in with written parental permission.
Agree
The loss of local control in education is too high a price to pay in exchange for federal dollars.
Neutral
I would prefer more local control, but our largest funding comes from the state.
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.
Neutral
I support a curricula that is historically accurate and unbiased.
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.
Agree
What is the function of the local school board?
Hire/fire the Superintendent and any other direct reports Set policy Approve school assignment boundaries Operating and capital budgets Oversight of the district’s major systems, this differs from management.
Do you support the National School Board Association's characterization of parents who speak out at school board meetings as "domestic terrorists"?
No
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
The Academic department, under direction of the Superintedent, with oversight by the school board
Who has the ultimate right to control the education of children in public schools? (a) parents (b) teachers (c)school boards.
Parents
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a Christian and was raised in he United Methodist Church. I find great agreement in the teaching of John Wesley.
I support allowing public high school students to participate in athletic competition based on the gender with which they identify instead of biological sex.
Neutral
I support following current state and fedral law
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
Parents should always be the first teacher,for a child
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
I support sexual education, only with parental consent. It shold focus on health issues
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.
Neutral
No healthcare diagnosis or treatment, whether mental, reproductive, or otherwise, should be given to a child without first receiving written consent from the parent.
Neutral
As long as consistent with NC Minor Consent Law
No school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.
Neutral
As long as consistent with federal law
EQUALITY
I support the teaching that an individual, solely by virtue of his or her race, is inherently racist, whether consciously or unconsciously.
Disagree
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.
Agree
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).
I would look on google. There are countless pages of my public comments
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
The school board is a hefty responsibility, one I do not take lightly.
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
https://immunization.dph.ncdhhs.gov/schools/k-12.htm
I support mask mandates.
Disagree
Masks shold be a personal choice. There has been an opponent try to call me "pro mask" because in August of 2021, I did vote to return students to in person school and out county was under the mask mandate. My vote was to return students to in person school, not about masks. In person learning is highly desirable for academic success for the vast majority of students.
