Sean Strain
Non-Partisan | North Carolina
Candidate Profile
Leans Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Sean Strain
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2022
Election
General
Race
Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Schools Board of Education, District 6
Incumbent
Yes
Links
EDUCATION
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, CpE, 1993
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
Susan M Tillis Foundation, Advisory Board, Thomasboro Foundation
Founding officer, All American Airborne Legion, Founding officer
Metrolina Adult Soccer League, Officer
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, District 6, 2017 -
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Candidate did not provide
Race
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (1)
North Carolina Values Coalition
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (4)
Daniel (Dan) Bishop (2019)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2019)
Mark Harris (2018)
Thom Tillis (2020)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS
OTHER INFORMATION
Election Voting History for Sean Christopher Strain during time of resident in district and/or at current address:
- 2022 Party Primary Election: Republican
- 2020 Party Primary Election: Republican
- Voted in seven Republican Primary Elections 2008 - 2019
- Voted in 10 General Elections 2008 - 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.
Disagree
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?
I support public/state institutions offering pK-Doctorate programs.
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?
When substantiated by clear evidence of necessity to control public health disease. The following are currently included as being required for NC public schools (K-6), for which I have no issue: Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis; Polio; Measles; Mumps; Rubella; Haemophilus Influenzae type B (Hib); Hepatitis B (Hep B); Varicella (chickenpox); Pneumococcal conjugate.
EDUCATION
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
Outside of the statutorily required monthly item on the agenda facilitating public remarks, and any other opportunity for public feedback on policies and/or actions. The Board must conduct business and facilitate public (incl parent) feedback, but public/parents should not be engaging (potentially disrupting) the conduct of meetings outside of these structured opportunities.
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
[English] Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, American History, Art & Music, Physical Fitness, Personal Finances, Foreign Language, Information Technology, Vocational Learning, Social Emotional Learning
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.
Agree
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
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
What is the function of the local school board?
Set high expectations and hold district to account for preparing and educating students, challenging and serving every child to fly as high as they can every day. Setting aggressively high goals and holding staff and students to achieve them. Hire the CEO of the district and ensure that staff deliver on the goals set by the Board and reflected in individual school plans/goals.
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?
Educational entities
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.
practicing Catholic
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
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
Parents, who can choose to have the school provide this education or opt-out and do it on their own. 12-14 years of age
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; human anatomy/the reproductive system; abortion methods and side effects (if legal in the state); stages of pregnancy and fetal development;
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.
Strongly 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
No school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.
Agree
EQUALITY
I support the teaching that an individual, solely by virtue of his or her race, is inherently racist, whether consciously or unconsciously.
Strongly 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.
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?
Conservative
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
5 years of voting record
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
n/a
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
covered earlier
I support mask mandates.
Disagree
