Gayathri Rajaraman

Non-Partisan | North Carolina

Candidate Profile*

Moderate

*Additional information appears below for educational purposes; however, only data received prior to the candidate deadline was considered during Panel Evaluation.

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Gayathri Rajaraman

Party

Non-Partisan

Election Year

2022

Election

Primary

Race

Durham Public Schools Board of Education, District 3

Incumbent

No

Links

Gayathri Rajaraman websites FacebookXInstagram

EDUCATION

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WORK & MILITARY

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AFFILIATIONS

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POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

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POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

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Race

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ENDORSEMENTS*

*These endorsements were received after the deadline and were not considered in the Panel Evaluations and are for additional educational purposes only.
CONSERVATIVE (2)

*Durham County Republican Party

*Education First Alliance NC

OTHER (1)

Better Board Better Schools

SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS

Campaign Finance Documents

OTHER INFORMATION

Party Primary Election Voting History for Gayathri Rajaraman during time of resident in district and/or at current address:

  • Party Affiliation: Republican
  • no voting history

QUESTIONNAIRE

RIGHT TO LIFE

Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not be a resource for instruction or services in the school.

Choose not to answer

Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.

Choose not to answer

ECONOMY

School districts should be able to use taxpayer money for lobbying the state legislature.

Strongly Disagree

School districts should be able to use taxpayer money ONLY for the community, parents, student's academic achievements and hiring and retaining skilled educators

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

College tuition is on kids. Not on government aka taxpayer money

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

although, these things have NOTHING to do with educating our k-12 children

Students should not be allowed to pray in school.

Strongly Disagree

HEALTHCARE

Under what circumstances (if any) should a government, school, or employer be allowed to require vaccinations?

Did not answer

EDUCATION

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

School Board's manor responsibility is to address Parent's concerns and issues. SB is FOR parents. They should not be restricted. they should be given access to SB. Right now, they are not

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

Did not answer

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

Focus on reading, writing, arithmetic, STEM

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?

School Board should be accessible to parent community. Their agenda should include what parents want. SB's responsbility is to help achieve Academic achievement. SB's responsbility is to ensure that skilled educators are not only paid reasonably but they are not teaching their own political agenda to children

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?

PARENTS

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.

I respect people from all walks of life i do not discriminate based on religion, caste or economical background. I do my best not to judge.

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

a biological male cannot participate in girls sports. its not fair

Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?

School is for teaching reading, writing, arithmetic, STEM. with parent's consent, school can teach Sex ed in Middle/High School. but child's permission must be obtained first

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

Not for middle school children. Gender Identity in my opinion is unnecessary.

Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.

Neutral

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

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

Its is WRONG to tell someone that they are rascist because they are born white.

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.

Did not answer

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?

Moderate

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?

If elected as your SB representative, I will ensure that parents are put in the center. Our community's concerns and issues will be heard. SB is for community, not for political agenda

OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES

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

when a vaccine is thoroughly tested, AE/PQC data is disclosed in its fullest honesty to public.

I support mask mandates.

Strongly Disagree

Masks dont work

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