Tammy Nakamura

Non-Partisan | Texas

Candidate Profile

Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Tammy Nakamura


Party

Non-Partisan


Election Year

2022


Election

Texas May School Board


Race

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, Place 3


Incumbent

No


Links

Tammy Nakamura websitesTammy Nakamura phones Tammy Nakamura emailFacebook

EDUCATION

Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, BA, 1980

WORK & MILITARY

Candidate did not provide

AFFILIATIONS

Colleyville Womans Club, Many Positions, Grapevine Relief and Community Exchange

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

Colleyville City Council Place 1, 6 Years

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

Candidate did not provide

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (5)

Great America PAC (2016)

Greg Abbott (2014)

Texans for Better Education (2020)

Texas Tea Party groups (2015)

WinRed (2020)

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)

SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS

Campaign Finance Documents

OTHER INFORMATION

Party Primary Election Voting History for Tammy Harris Nakamura (as of 3/1/2022) during time of residence in district and/or at current address:

  • 2020 Party Primary: Republican
  • 2018 Party Primary: Republican
  • Voted in four Republican Primaries 2004 - 2016

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


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


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?

The system is set up such that it is paid by taxpayers thru 12th grade. I believe that anything beyond that should be paid for by the individual.


EDUCATION

What is the function of the local school board?

The main function of the school board is to provide local, CITIZEN governance and oversight of education. I believe control should be more in the hands of the local authority than at the state level. The school board governs the district and works with the superintendent. They hire and fire the superintendent, adopt a budget and do these things based on input from the community.

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

School Board

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

Never....citizens must use respect when doing so but it is the job of the school board to listen to the parents and community to which it governs.

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

Science, Mathematics, Language Arts, American History, Information Technology, Personal Finances, Physical Fitness, Art and Music

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


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?

When the parents approve

I support mask mandates.

Strongly Disagree


ABOUT YOU

Which of the 11 objectives specified in the Texas Education Code is your highest priority?

Did not answer

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).

I have been on city council for 6 years and my votes have proved that.

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

I would like restore parent and teacher control of the district Return to core curriculum prioritized academics and eliminate social indoctrination of our children Restore fiscal sanity to the district


VALUES

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I am a Christian and I believe in taking responsibility for my actions. My word is my word and I was taught that from a very early age.

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?

I believe the majority of it should be taught at home from the parents. If there is a class it should start at 12-13 with parental approval.

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

Abstinence, human anatomy/the reproductive system, 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.

Strongly Agree


ELECTIONS AND VOTING

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Strongly Disagree

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