Kelly Burke
Non-Partisan | Texas
Candidate Profile
Conservative (Conditional)
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Kelly Burke
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2022
Election
Texas May School Board
Race
Arlington ISD, Place 5
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Tyndale Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, NA, 2004
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
Lake Church Arlington, Member, Alliance For Children
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
NA
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Mayor Of Arlington TX
Race
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (1)
Take Texas Back
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (2)
Take Back Texas
Save Texas Org
SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS
- Appointment of Campaign Treasurer
- Please note: The following information was received by iVoterGuide after panel Evaluations occurred and is for additional educational purposes only.
OTHER INFORMATION
Party Primary Election Voting History for Kelly Rashad Burke (as of 3/1/2022) during time of residence in district and/or at current address:
- 2020 Party Primary: did not vote
- 2018 Party Primary: did not vote
Application for a Place on the Ballot - 1/21/2022
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Strongly 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.
Strongly Agree
School districts should be able to use taxpayer money for lobbying the state legislature.
Strongly Disagree
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
I am for it if the money follows the child. Even if the parent chose for the child to go to private school or charter school.
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?
To ensure that taxpayers funds are being spent frugal, and only for school matters. to Hire and or fire the superintendent and set the annual budget. I would also add to make sure parents are heard and informed about the school's direction with curriculum and the future of students.
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
This should be addressed by the public informing parents and then voted on as a whole with parents and school board members.
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
Never
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, Mathematics, Information Technology, Science, Personal Finances, Physical Fitness, Language Arts, Art & Music, Vocational Learning, Foreign Language.
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.
Strongly 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
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a Christian I believe Jesus lived, died and rose on the third day, for our sins. One must be born again to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. No man can enter this eternal Kingdom to join the father unless he first accepts his son.
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?
The parents, whichever age the parent chooses to do so.
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 it.
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.
Strongly Agree
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
ABOUT YOU
Which of the 11 objectives specified in the Texas Education Code is your highest priority?
Sec. 4.001. PUBLIC EDUCATION MISSION AND OBJECTIVES. (a) The mission of the public education system of this state is to ensure that all Texas children have access to a quality education that enables them to achieve their potential and fully participate now and in the future in the social, economic, and educational opportunities of our state and nation. That mission is grounded on the conviction that a general diffusion of knowledge is essential for the welfare of this state and for the preservation of the liberties and rights of citizens. It is further grounded on the conviction that a successful public education system is directly related to a strong, dedicated, and supportive family and that parental involvement in the school is essential for the maximum educational achievement of a child. (b) The objectives of public education are: OBJECTIVE 1: Parents will be full partners with educators in the education of their children. OBJECTIVE 2: Students will be encouraged and challenged to meet EDUCATION CODE Statute text rendered on: 2/23/2022 - 7 - their full educational potential.
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 immigration, 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).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKRi437jWqw&t=1805s
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
I believe our country has dropped the ball when it comes to education. Our leaders in power have allowed our kids to be dumbed down, not pushed to learn they have taken away the desire to become successful in the pursuit of the American dream. Our Teachers are tired stressed. They have to focus on social emotional learning and tons of paperwork and testing, not real education. They are not social workers or administrators they are teachers we should let them teach. Classic education is a thing of the past and we only see it in private and charter schools, we must get involved in public education the children of this country need us to step up and show up for them. If we do not, no matter what fronts we fight on in the end we will lose the war, the real battle is for the future well being of our youth.
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?
If any school has vaccine requirements they should also have vaccine waivers. These waivers should be granted for religious and medical purposes.
I support mask mandates.
Strongly Disagree
