Mike Sanders

Strongly Agree

No organization that intentionally kills innocent babies should provide resources or instruction or services in any school.

Strongly Agree

I believe we should protect innocent life and the safest place for a human being should be inside of his or her mother's womb.

Strongly Agree

We should teach young people how to use critical thinking skills. We should not tell them what to think but rather encourage open dialogue and how to engage in civil discourse without intentionally offending others. All students should be free to speak about their faith. I love the Lord Jesus Christ and am willing to say so to anyone who asks.

Strongly Agree

Marriage originated in the Garden of Eden where God blessed the first man and woman and told them to be fruitful and multiply. No one should be discriminated against for believing that marriage is the union of a man and a woman.

Strongly Disagree

No one should be prevented from praying. I believe in the power of prayer and believe that God blesses those who diligently seek Him.

Strongly Agree

I would never approve of executive orders ordering businesses to close. Nor would I support any communist or socialist policy that would seek to take away the right to private property ownership. We should teach our students the value of free enterprise, to honor our country and our flag, and to appreciate our Democracy.

Strongly Disagree

I am strongly opposed to taxpayer funded lobbying. Our taxes should not be used to influence legislation that we disagree with.

I would like to see the State of Texas covering all M&O costs of all K-12 education.

The school board exercises oversight over the Superintendent, establishing policies for him/her to implement and holding the Superintendent accountable for carrying out those policies. The school board establishes the annual budget and should always provide a balanced budget. The school board calls elections and sets the property tax rate each year.

The school board should work with the superintendent to establish appropriate curriculum for educating students and to approve resources.

Parents should be free to speak during the "citizen comments" portion of school board meetings. Outside of that time, there should be order in the meeting and there should not be outbursts from observers who have not been recognized to speak. Parents have the final authority over their kids, and public schools should never seek to undermine that authority. I find it outrageous that peaceful parents have been removed from school board meetings in our area and arrested, simply for disagreeing with board members.

Language Arts is most important. If a student does not know how to read and write, that student cannot be expected to find success in school. Mathematics and Science should also have a high priority. Physical Fitness is vital to maintaining a healthy body and sports programs are important. American History and Texas History and World History are important subjects. I would like to see more Vocational Learning in our High Schools and Information Technology is also very important. Learning a Foreign Language helps us to better understand other people's way of thinking. Art and Music are areas where many students excel and those subjects are important for a refined society. I am strongly opposed to teaching Critical Race Theory and Gender Identity in our schools. No adult should be talking with other people's children about any kind of sexual acts without the knowledge and approval of the parents. No school employee should be required to call a boy a girl or to call a girl a boy. Boys should not participate in sports that are designated as girls sports. Boys should not be allowed in girls restrooms or showers and girls should not be allowed in boys restrooms or showers.

Strongly Agree

Our nation was founded on the premise that all men are created equal and endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights. This premise was emphasized by Abraham Lincoln in his Gettysburg Address and by Martin Luther King Jr in his "I Have a Dream" speech. God has created each of us equally and no man is superior to any other man. This is the principle of equality that our nation was built on. The amendments to our Constitution outline the liberties to which we all are entitled.

Strongly Agree

Sex Ed should only be provided with parental permission and should only be offered for one day during the school year for students in high school. Sex Ed should not include homosexual practices and should emphasize abstinence prior to marriage. I am not in favor of SEL being taught in public schools.

Strongly Agree

I will not sell the souls of our children in exchange for money from any source. I will not give up local control in exchange for federal dollars.

Strongly Disagree

America was not founded on slavery or racism. It is true that slavery is a dark stain in the history of our nation and we should not be afraid of acknowledging and teaching that fact. But our nation was not founded on slavery nor on racism. We should not teach students to judge each other based on the color of their skin. We should not teach students that they are guilty for what people did in past generations.

Strongly Agree

I am in favor of a variety of options for education rather than a one-size-fits-all approach. I like having an availability of Charter Schools, Private Schools, Homeschooling, Technical Trade Schools, etc. Each child is unique and we should provide a variety of opportunities for families. If overcrowding is an issue in our school district, all of these options are solutions that can provide relief to overcrowding.

Strongly Agree

I agree with allowing certain school personnel to carry a concealed weapon if appropriate training is provided from local law enforcement and with the full knowledge of school administrators. Administrators should know who is carrying weapons in our schools and training should include how to ensure a weapon is not taken from the person carrying it. School safety is of paramount importance and there must be open communication between employees before any weapon is allowed onto campuses.

Schools should not be allowed to require vaccinations.

Strongly Disagree

No student or employee should ever be forced to wear a facemask against his or her will.

Objective number one. "Parents will be full partners with educators in the education of their children."

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Strongly Disagree

A person's moral values are the foundation on which all decisions are made. I always consider a person's moral character when choosing who to vote for.

Very Conservative

I am fiscally and socially conservative. I believe government should live within its means and not continually seek to extract ever-increasing portions of earned income from private citizens. I believe in the integrity of the family and that it is God's design for a man and woman to marry before having children. Legal immigration is healthy for a country but illegal immigration should be prevented.

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I am running in a slate of four conservative candidates that include Brandi Burkman, Shawn Leege, Paul Gauthier and Mike Sanders for LISD Board of Trustees.

I am a born-again Christian. I accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as my Savior when I was 21 years old and at that time I passed from death into life. I was a dead man walking and became a child of the eternal King on that day. I deserved eternal punishment for my transgressions but I now have eternal life because Jesus paid the price for my sins and my faith in His sacrifice grants me entrance into heaven. I am glad to live in a country where we are free to choose our beliefs and worship whomever we choose. God does not force anyone to worship Him. If He did, we would be no more than robots. But we are free to choose and because of that freedom, if we choose to worship Him, that worship flowing from a free heart, has great value. In America each person is free to worship whomever or whatever they choose. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Strongly Disagree

No boy should be allowed to compete against girls in a sport that is designated as a girls sport.

I believe parents should teach their kids about procreation. There are many levels at which that should be taught. For example, when my kids were preschool age, I taught them that no one was allowed to ever touch their private parts and that they should tell mommy and daddy if anyone ever tried to do that. When they reached 11 or 12 years old I explained to each of them how a man and a woman procreate. If parents want others to teach this concept to their children, the school district can provide a short one-day class on the subject, subject to receiving prior written permission from a parent or legal guardian. No sex ed class should include sexual practices outside of what every mammal does to procreate their species.

If Sexual Education is taught in a public school, that should only be done with written consent from the parents. The appropriate topics would be human anatomy and the reproductive system, stages of pregnancy and fetal development, physical and emotional health outcomes, consent, and abstinence.

Strongly Agree

Our entire legal system is based on the Mosaic law. It is wrong to steal because God says it is wrong to steal. It is wrong to commit murder because God says it is wrong to commit murder. If this were not true, we would have no standard of measure to judge someone like Hitler or Saddam Hussein since they established their own laws allowing them to murder their own citizens.

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I never signed the blanket permission forms that were sent home with our kids to allow school officials to administer or approve any medical treatment. It is vital that parents have the opportunity to consent before any medicine or treatment is given to their children. No employee of a public school should administer a mental diagnosis or treatment to any student. Nor should any school employee give reproductive diagnosis or treatment to any child.

Strongly Agree

I totally agree that no school official should ever participate in promoting any type of mental illness, including gender dysphoria. It is inappropriate tor educators to use incorrect pronouns and to teach students to practice the incorrect use of English grammar. Nor should any employee be involved in any way with physically altering a student for the purpose of "sexual transitioning".

Strongly Disagree

Photo ID is required for almost every aspect of our society including driving a vehicle, obtaining welfare, obtaining housing, etc. It is not reasonable to say that any person can not obtain photo identification in the State of Texas.