Kathy Florence-Spradley

Non-Partisan | Texas

Candidate Profile

Conservative (Conditional)

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Kathy Florence-Spradley


Party

Non-Partisan


Election Year

2022


Election

Texas May School Board


Race

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, Place 4


Incumbent

No


Links

Kathy Florence-Spradley websites
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EDUCATION

Candidate did not provide

WORK & MILITARY

Candidate did not provide

AFFILIATIONS

First United Methodist church Grapevine TX, Member, endowment fund committee, VBS leader, Youth teacher, Adult council for youth ministries committee., Holton’s drive for SIDS

Vice-President, Yellow bag project, Volunteer

GCISD Walk of honor board of directors, Vice President

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

Candidate did not provide

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

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Race

Previous Races

SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS

Campaign Finance Documents

OTHER INFORMATION

Party Primary Election Voting History for Kathryn Elizabeth Spradley (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
  • Voted in one Republican Primary 1992 - 2016

Participated in Colleyville Republican Club Candidate Forum - 4/6/2022

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.

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.

Neutral

What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?

Did not answer


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.

Neutral


EDUCATION

What is the function of the local school board?

To provide local citizen governance and oversight of education.

Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?

Did not answer

When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?

Parents should never be restricted from speaking at school board meetings under any circumstance.

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

Math, science, history, language arts, personal finances ,vocations, physical fitness, arts and music.

American civics education should emphasize our nation's founding principles of liberty and equality.

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.

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.

Agree


VALUES

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

Christian

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 are ultimately responsible.

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

Did not answer

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

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?

Parents partnership in their childrens education

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?

Conservative

Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).

Did not answer

Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?

Did not answer


2ND AMENDMENT

Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.

Agree


OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES

Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?

Vaccines are parents choice.

I support mask mandates.

Disagree

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