Rob McClelland
Non-Partisan | Texas
Candidate Profile
Conservative (Conditional)
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Rob McClelland
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2023
Election
School Board
Race
Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees - At-Large Seat
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Texas A&M University, College Station, BS Construction Management, 2006
WORK & MILITARY
U.S. Army, Major, 12
AFFILIATIONS
Bannockburn Church, Deacon/Director of Operations, JC7 Foundation
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
N/A
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
N/A
Race
SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS
- Campaign Finance Documents:
- Please note: The following information was received by iVoterGuide after panel evaluations and is for additional educational purposes only.
OTHER INFORMATION
- Election Voting History from Hays County Elections Department for Rob McClelland during time of residence in district and/or at current address:
- 2022 Primary election: Republican
- 2020 Primary election: Republican
- Voted in two Republican Primary elections 2018- 2022
- Voted in three General elections 2018 - 2022
**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
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
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.
Disagree
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
This doesn't sound like a practical course of action.
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.
Strongly Agree
EDUCATION
What is the function of the local school board?
The primary function of a school board is to provide strategic goals and priorities for the school district. The board has an enormous financial responsibility in everything from budget oversight to setting the tax rate for the local community. The board sets policies, hires and fires the leader of the district, sets bond priorities, and the list goes on. With all of that on the table, I believe we need the strongest leaders on local school boards we can find. Folks who have a wide variety of experiences that can best represent the desires of a local community to best serve our kids.
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
Voters in the State of Texas have and should retain the authority to set curriculum for our public schools.
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
Parents should NOT be restricted from speaking at school board 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, Mathematics, American History, Science, Personal Finances, Physical Fitness, Information Technology, Art and Music, Vocational Learning, Foreign Language
Which more closely matches your view of America's founding principles? A) Liberty and equality. B) Slavery and racism.
Liberty and equality. From the preamble of the Constitution: "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
What does "equity in education" mean to you?
To be honest I have no idea what that means. The word equity used to mean the quality of being fair and impartial. That words seems too mean something much different in 2023. For me, I want to see a public school system that ensures every student has the opportunity to succeed and fulfill their God given potential.
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.
Strongly 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.
Agree
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am an evangelical 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
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
Parents are ultimately responsible for this. Parents also determine which age this is appropriate.
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
The origin of sex, the purpose of sex (a marriage bond & reproduction), consent, abstinence till marriage, human anatomy/the reproductive system, stages of pregnancy and fetal development, physical and emotional health outcomes
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
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.
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).
Up to this point in my life I have lived a seemingly private life. Access to my voting record is available.
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
I am a local father, a leader and a veteran. I look forward to the opportunity to serve this community on the School Board.
2ND AMENDMENT
Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.
Neutral
I look forward to having this conversation with other elected leaders and law enforcement in the months to come. As a military veteran with two combat deployments I can say with some credibility that the training required to carry a firearm, especially in a school, must be significant and recurring. A teacher with a license alone, in my opinion, would lack the training needed to be an effective responder to an active shooter scenario and could do more harm than good.
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
This is a decision best left up to parents and their physicians.
I support mask mandates.
Strongly Disagree
All official open meetings should be live streamed, recorded, and have transcripts available online for public access.
Neutral
The public should have access to all meeting minutes and information. I don't necessarily agree that every school district in the country should need to spend millions of dollars collectively on live stream and video technology.
All votes should be roll call votes and recorded in meeting minutes.
Agree
