Junegrid Baker
Non-Partisan | Oklahoma
Candidate Profile
Conservative (Conditional)
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Junegrid Baker
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2022
Election
Tulsa County School Boards Primary
Race
Tulsa School Board, District 7
Incumbent
No
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EDUCATION
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WORK & MILITARY
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AFFILIATIONS
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OTHER INFORMATION
Board of Education Declaration of Candidacy
Primary and Local Election Voting History for Junegrid Mary Baker during time of residence in district and/or at current address:
- Voted in 2020 Primary election
Voter Record from Tulsa County Clerk indicates candidate's Political Affiliation is Republican (as of 1/12/2022).
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Strongly Agree
Our students should be taught the benefits of abstinence and chastityuntil marriage. Proponents of abstinence and chastity, including Pro-life, should be a resource for instruction or services in the school. A student who becmes pregnant should be counseled, afforded the best care and be encouraged to love and care for her precious unborn baby. Additionally, conforms and contraceptives should not be given out to students
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
Life begins inside the womb and it is a miracle and not an accident. Not only does human life at the conception stage deserve legal protection, but it deserves protection in the fullest sense of the word - spiritual, physical, emotional, mental, and socio-economic …so as to produce a well-balanced human being.
ECONOMY
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
All should be encouraged to engage in free enterprise and invest in private property instead of depending on the government to do so for them. Doing so allows individuals to develop a sense of independence, ownership, and stability. Students should be encouraged to set educational goals and attain the highest standards possible so as to become productive, independent, and entrepreneurial citizens.
School districts should be able to use taxpayer money for lobbying the state legislature.
Strongly Disagree
School districts should have teachers contribute towards private funding and use the resources from that fund when desiring to lobby the state legislature.
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
It is beneficial for the government to fund public education from Pre-K -12. College students should be provided with scholarships and exercise maturity and responsibility as they cater to the needs of their college education,
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
At school, students should be able to speak freely and civilly about matters of conscience and faith, including Christianity.
Strongly Agree
Students should be allowed to establish Bible study and prayer groups in schools without any fear or inhibition. As a matter of fact, prayer should have never been taken out of schools in 1962. Doing so opened the doors to secular humanism and false ideologies, and also to an unprecedented increase in crimes, murders, and shootings. It is time for prayers to be reinstated in schools!
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 be taught the definition of "marriage" underscoring that marriage is not a marriage unless it is between a man and a woman.
Students should not be allowed to pray in school.
Strongly Disagree
Prayer is what would make a positive difference in schools. The United States of America is a Christian nation and was founded upon prayer. Throughout the history of America, national crises were overcome and resolved when the various presidents called for a national day of humiliation, fasting, and prayer. If prayer worked then, it would undoubtedly work now to resolve the major crises that our schools are facing, even with the COVID-19 pandemic. Payer needs to be reinstated in schools ASAP
EDUCATION
What is the function of the local school board?
The function of the local school board is to oversee and collaborate with the administrators and teachers of the schools, along with the school's community - parents and families, so as to improve the achievement and well-being of students in their local public schools
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
The local school board should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula. The policies and regulations that the school boards establish to govern the local schools must be in compliance with the unique needs of the schools in the district. Thomas Jefferson quoted Micah 4:4 to endorse the need for local autonomy: “But everyone shall sit under his vine and under his fig tree, and no one shall make them afraid.”
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
Parents should always be allowed to express themselves and share their views in school board meetings in a respectful manner.
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
American History, Information Technology, Language Arts, Art&Music, Physical Fitness, Mathematics, Science. Personal Finances, Vocational Learning,
American civics education should emphasize our nation's founding principles of liberty and equality.
Strongly Agree
Not only should American civics education emphasize our nation's founding principles of liberty and equality, but students should respect the Pledge of Allegiance - They should stand in respect and vocalize it, emphasizing "One Nation under God with liberty and justice for all." In my experience students sit and talk when the Pledge of Allegiance is being pronounced over the Public Address system. They refuse to stan in respect of the American Flag and all that it symbolizes. Students need to be
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 Disagree
These are very delicate courses and parent consent is necessary since what is on the curriculum might conflict with what parents teach their children at home.
The loss of local control in education is too high a price to pay in exchange for federal dollars.
Strongly Agree
Our local School board needs to have the authority to govern our local school's education even though it has to be within the confines of state and federal laws. The local school board cannot sacrifice, abdicate or compromise its control because of its dependency upon federal dollars and its fear of losing the financial support of the state. Each District has its own unique needs, and the State should respect that and allow autonomy to the local School board to govern its schools accordingly.
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
The 1619 project started in 2019 with a collection of stories and essays that outs slavery and its consequences at the center of America's historical narrrative. IThere already exists enough racial tension in America and we do not want to add to it. We want to heal America from its divisiveness, and not deepen the wounds. The 1619 Project is not history; it is conspiracy theory. Even historians who are sympathetic to the project have called out its factual errors and inaccuracies.
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
In a sense I agree that parents are the authority in their child's education, probably not the ultimate authority. If they want to be the ultimate authority, it might be a good idea for them to consider homeschooling their children so that they can freely pursue whatever educational options they deem best for their child, , Parents need guidance, and they too should be open to what the local school board is offering their child for his or her best interest.
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I believe in God who is my Maker and the Creator of this world. I am a Christian - a believer in and a follower of Jesus because He is the Son of God who died in my place so that my sins could be forgiven, and I would have eternal life one with Him in heaven. I believe in prayer, praise, and worship, and the study of God's Word on a daily basis. They are my spiritual food by which I am sustained to face life's challenges that may come my way. I believe in the Holy Spirit who lives in me and helps me to live a life that is acceptable and pleasing to God. I also believe in fasting, and I endeavor to live the fasted life which is very necessary as I seek to subdue the fleshly nature and ane elevate my spiritual being so that I can experience deeper intimacy and relationship with God. My spiritual beliefs and values are Biblically based and my determination is to produce the "fruit" of the Spirit is which is what identifies a Christian- love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. My aspiration is to love God with all of my heart, my mind, my soul, and my strength, and to love my neighbor as I love myself. I am dedicated to loving God and loving people.
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
Public high school students will participate in athletic competitions based on their biological sex. Feelings are unreliable.
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
"Sexual education" needs to be defined, and taken in its purest context of the parents are the ones responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and the appropriate age is from birth, affirming to that that he or she was created in the" image and likeness" of God and that he or she is "fearfully and wonderfully made.' If such accolades are bestowed on babies on a regular basis from birth or even during the prenatal stages, there would be no sex confusion or gender identity crisis.
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 do not support the teaching of Sex Education. This is the responsibility of the family
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
Our Nation was founded upon Christian principles and for America to shine once again, such Christian principles must be upheld and implemented.
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
Parents must be consulted first before medicating children
No school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.
Strongly Agree
Therapy to help children turn from unwanted same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria should be banned.
Strongly Disagree
Deep-seated withing these children is a cry for help, and therapy could be a good response to their innermost pain.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
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.
Strongly 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?
Very Conservative
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
I am presently in the final year of my Master of Divinity Program at ORU. I am an official member of Victory Christian Church and Iglesia Hispana Victor. I was a Television Program Producer and Director for 10 years in Tucson, Arizona. I have been an international and bilingual educator for 39 years in my native country of Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia, and here in America. I have been a Spanish teacher in TPS for just over two years and I have 4 adolescent children. I HAVE TAUGHT YOUR CHILDREN! I am very passionate about the need to provide resolutions for the major issues in our Education system. I have experienced such intense and strong feelings that I resigned from my TPS teaching profession one month ago, soon after my husband's death and burial, so as to facilitate my candidacy and avoid any impending conflicts of interest as I represent the TPS District. My Manager is "I AM THAT I AM" and He has mandated me to represent TPS District #7. LET US PROTECT AND SAVE OUR CHILDREN! THEY ARE OUR FUTURE GENERATION! LET US SAVE AMERICA! LET US MAKE TULSA AND AMERICA SHINE AGAIN! LET US RENEW THE FAITH OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS! LET US REBUILD THE OLD WASTE PLACES! GOD HAS TRULY BLESSED AMERICA! LONG LIVE AMERICA!
2ND AMENDMENT
Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.
Neutral
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
I am presently somewhat reserved to share my views on the issue of vaccinations. However, I would like to indicate that it has been proven that there is a hidden agenda behind vaccinations.
I support mask mandates.
Strongly Disagree
