

Marc Pratte
Non-Partisan | Missouri
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Marc Pratte
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2023
Election
School Board
Race
Fort Zumwalt School District R-II Board of Education – At Large
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, B.A. Political Science, B.A. International Studies, Minor in French, 2000
WORK & MILITARY
N.A.
AFFILIATIONS
All Saints Catholic Church, Parish volunteer, my family volunteers to set up gym Mass once per month, CYC Athletics
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
N.A.
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
N.A.
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (1)
St. Charles County Republican Central Committee
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (3)
Endorsed by the St. Charles County Republican Central Committee 2023
Endorsed by the 1776 PAC 2023
Endorsed by my Missouri State Representative, Wendy Hausman District #65
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (2)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2022)
Mike Swaringim (2022)
SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS
- Statement of Committee Organization (scanned 7/11/2022)
- October Quarterly Report (filed 10/14/2022)
- January Quarterly Report (filed 1/17/2023)
- 40 Day Before General Municipal Election-4/4/2023 (filed 2/23/2023)
- $500.00 contribution from St. Charles County Republican Central Committee (SCCRCC)
- $500.00 contribution from 1776 PAC
- $500.00 contribution from St. Charles County Republican Central Committee (SCCRCC)
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Please note: The following information was received by iVoterGuide after panel evaluations occurred and is for additional informational purposes only.
OTHER INFORMATION
Voter Record received from St. Charles County Election Authority indicate's NAME's Voting History during time of residence in district and/or at current address is as follows:
- Voted in six Primary elections 1996 - 2022
- Voted in four Presidential Primary elections 1996 - 2022
- Voted in eight General elections 1996 - 2022
- Voted in 2022 Municipal General election
**Voter history is not considered during panel evaluations.**
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Strongly Disagree
It's an organization that I'd like to see defunded by all public tax dollars.
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
I disagree with removing religion and faith from public schools. The NEA made a strong push in the early 90's to remove religion, faith, and prayer from public education. The quick early response was the Columbine's mass shooting. This movement has erased the sense that there is something bigger out there and crushes a child's knowledge that God is here and even though there are dark times, something bigger is here for you. It removes knowledge of a support mechanism
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
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?
I would like to see a paradigm shift where education is much more privatized rather than publicly funded. I support vouchers for religious schooling and home schooling. I think Open enrollment is here. I won't publicly advocate against it, but I'm not in love with it. I think the distinction between my support for vouchers vs. Open Enrollment, is that with vouchers, the money follows he student towards private sector education whereas Open Enrollment allows a student to roam from public school to public school.
EDUCATION
What is the function of the local school board?
The BOE serves as the decision making mechanism for fiscal and social decisions within a public school. The BOE serves as a check and balance on the District and the CEO, the Superintendent.
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
The District administration and the department chairs come up with curricula. This should be closely reviewed by the BOE. Parents have a voice and need to make that voice heard at BOE meetings through public comment. The BOE should act appropriately and within reason based off of their constituents' requests.
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
I'm a firm believer in the power of Public Comment. Only when it becomes overly repetitive and has consumed significant time, should there be a call to call an end to public comment.
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
CRT has no place in our schools and I can't subscribe to the need for it and I say that as an individual in a multicultural marriage and a father of two wonderful multiethnic children. For me to place "Social Emotional learning" in rankings, I'd have to (respectfully) ask one to give me a definition; smells fishy. No, to gender identity. In order: math, science, personal finance, American history, physical fitness, vocational training, liberal arts, followed by foreign language.
Which more closely matches your view of America's founding principles? A) Liberty and equality. B) Slavery and racism.
A, Liberty and equality.
What does "equity in education" mean to you?
Equity to me sounds like keeping everyone on the same playing field, not allowing for one's personal growth. It's the "crab metaphor" of not allowing one to transcend to higher achievement.
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
The loss of local control in education is too high a price to pay in exchange for federal dollars.
Agree
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
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
These materials should be age appropriate and I think that a good acid test is: if it cant be google searched on the school issued Chrome book, it shouldn't be taught or be in our school libraries.
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.
Agree
There should be a training program and a certification process.
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
Personal choice with an option for religious exemption.
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
All votes should be roll call votes and recorded in meeting minutes.
Strongly 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.
I have not.
A candidate's personal moral values are relevant when considering a candidacy for elective office.
Strongly 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).
N.A.
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
If voted onto the BOE, I will serve with a common sense, pragmatic, conservative voice.
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I'm a Christian and reject the idea of a completely secular society.
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
Therapy to help children turn from unwanted same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria should be banned.
Disagree
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
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
It should be on parents, but for some that support is not there. I'm alright with sexual and reproductive education, but it should be opt In. I think this should come no earlier than middle school.
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
I'm fine with the education on the human anatomy and the reproductive system and with that, stages of pregnancy and fetal development. Consent must be taught and most certainly the power of abstinence and the "why" behind it. Females need to learn about mensuration issues.
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
We are a Christian country founded on these values.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
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