Ryan Kerr
Non-Partisan | Missouri
Candidate Profile
Conservative (Conditional)
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Ryan Kerr
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2023
Election
School Board
Race
Parkway Schools Board of Education – At Large
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Columbia College, Columbia, Bachelors in Business, 2007
Southeastern, Online, BSN, 2013
WORK & MILITARY
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AFFILIATIONS
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OTHER INFORMATION
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Know Your Parkway Board of Education Q&A with Ryan Kerr (3/15/2023)
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QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Strongly Disagree
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
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.
Strongly Disagree
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
In many ways the funding is needed for certain districts but I feel than many times there are far too many strings attached.
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.
Agree
EDUCATION
What is the function of the local school board?
Hire a superintendent, maintain the financial stability of the district, implement policy, and provide accountability to parents and taxpayers.
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
Each district should set its own curriculum based on the minimum standards of MLS and then provide above those standards.
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
When it is not civil discourse or encroachment on the personal space of board members by not speaking from a podium.
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
Mathematics, Language Arts, Science, Information Technology, Personal Finances, American History, Vocational Learning, Art and Music, Foreign Language.
Which more closely matches your view of America's founding principles? A) Liberty and equality. B) Slavery and racism.
LIBERTY AND EQUALITY
What does "equity in education" mean to you?
Every student starts out at the same place with the same resources.
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
Much better than OPT OUT isolation technique of punishment
The loss of local control in education is too high a price to pay in exchange for federal dollars.
Strongly 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
All print and digital material available or presented to students should be easily accessible for public review.
Strongly Agree
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I grew up a traditional methodist, strayed from the church after graduating, and came back to nondenominational faith in 2017. We attend The Crossing church.
I support allowing public high school students to participate in athletic competition based on the gender with which they identify instead of biological sex.
Disagree
No school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.
Agree
Therapy to help children turn from unwanted same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria should be banned.
Choose not to answer
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?
In my opinion, its the parents' responsibility to teach sexual education and it should happen around puberty but for age range around 12-14.
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
Consent, Abstinence, human anatomy/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.
Choose not to answer
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
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.
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?
Lean Conservative
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
Please contact me if you would like an interview.
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
I am very data-driven and a massive proponent of evidence-based teaching.
2ND AMENDMENT
Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.
Neutral
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
Severe diseases with eradication potential. Not for emergency use authorization or trials that have not completed follow up safety trials.
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
