Bonnie Abadie

Non-Partisan | Texas

Candidate Profile

Conservative (Conditional)

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Bonnie Abadie


Party

Non-Partisan


Election Year

2023


Election

School Board


Race

Richardson ISD Board of Trustees - District 3


Incumbent

No


Links

Bonnie Abadie websites Facebook

EDUCATION

LSU Shreveport, Shreveport, BS-Marketing, 1987

WORK & MILITARY

Candidate did not provide

AFFILIATIONS

United Methodist Women, Circle Leader, Junior League of Richardson

Richland Elementary PTA, Board Member

MST PTA, Fundraising Chair, West Jr. High PTA

Special & Gifted Education Chair, RHS PTA, Special & Gifted Education Chair

Gifted Education Alliance of Richardson, Founder, Boy Scouts of America

Merit Badge Counselor, RHS Football Team, Football mom volunteer

Bishop Lynch Football Team, Football mom volunteer

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

Candidate did not provide

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

RISD School Board, 2013

RISD School Board, 2014

SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS

OTHER INFORMATION

Please note: This information was received by iVoterGuide after panel evaluations occurred and is for additional educational purposes only.

QUESTIONNAIRE

RIGHT TO LIFE

Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should 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


RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

At school, students should be able to speak freely and civilly about matters of conscience and faith, including Christianity.

Strongly Agree

This country was founded on the notion of free speech so students should definitely be able to express their religious beliefs freely and civilly.

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

School districts shouldn't be discriminating against anyone for any reason.


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

We have PACs throughout the state whose main purpose is to lobby the legislature. Because not all taxpayers agree on how the legislature should be run, school districts should not be doing the lobbying. This allows them to support the lobbyists of their choice.

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

We have an obligation to properly fund the schools, however when the school district mismanages those funds, that becomes problematic. The needs are not being taken care of before the wants. We get dazzled by all of the shiny objects instead of concentrating on tried and true teaching methods. It's time to get back to the basics of teaching so our children can get back on grade level.


EDUCATION

What is the function of the local school board?

The local school board oversees the budget and works in tandem with the superintendent to set policy for the district.

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

The school district sets the curriculum and determines the resources, however, the public has the ability to give input during the selection process.

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

They shouldn't be restricted from speaking during the public comment time at meetings.

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

Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Personal Finances, Physical Fitness, Art & Music, Vocational Learning, Information Technology, & Foreign Language

Which more closely matches your view of America's founding principles? A) Liberty and equality. B) Slavery and racism.

America was founded on the basis of Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Happiness.

What does "equity in education" mean to you?

Equity means "the quality of being fair and impartial". All students should be treated as such.

Written parental consent (opt-in) must be obtained before students are taught courses such as Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE) or Social Emotional Learning (SEL).

Strongly Agree

Parents feel differently and strongly about these courses and should definitely have the opportunity to opt-in or out of subjects.

The loss of local control in education is too high a price to pay in exchange for federal dollars.

Agree

We are independent school districts and should remain as such without the state or federal governments telling us how to educate our kids. Accepting funds from other authorities gives them the impression that they can "butt in" to the ways in which our students are taught.

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

This hasn't changed over the years. Parents always have had the ability to choose how their children are educated.

School boards are accountable to parents and taxpayers.

Strongly Agree

Do you believe students should have access to materials that graphically depict and describe sexual acts?

No

All print and digital material available or presented to students should be easily accessible for public review.

Strongly Agree


2ND AMENDMENT

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

Neutral

I'm not entirely sure about this. It needs to be researched more.


OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES

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

Under no circumstance should schools mandate vaccines.

I support mask mandates.

Strongly Disagree

All official open meetings should be live streamed, recorded, and have transcripts available online for public access.

Strongly Agree

This allows for more transpareny.

All votes should be roll call votes and recorded in meeting minutes.

Agree


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 are relevant when considering a candidacy for elective office.

Agree

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?

Conservative

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

There are none that I'm aware.

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

No


VALUES

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I am a 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

No school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.

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

Parental consent must always be given.

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

The parents

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

Sex ed should be left up to parents.

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

Neutral


ELECTIONS AND VOTING

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Strongly Disagree

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