Yolonda Johnson
Non-Partisan | Kansas
Candidate Profile
Moderate
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Yolonda Johnson
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2023
Election
General Municipal and School Board
Race
Kansas City (KS) Public Schools USD 500 Board of Education, At Large
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
MidAmerica Nazarene University, Olathe, HCA, 2022
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
Fellowship Christian Church, Diaconate, Treasurer, Health Committee Chair, Heaven Sent Charity
volunteer, PETA, contributor
Harvesters, volunteer
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
N/A
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
N/A
Race
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
Kansas For Life
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
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.
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?
My position on government funding of public education is everyone should have access to a quality education, if a student is unable to afford a quality education then there should be assistance from the government. Each circumstance is different.
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?
To help and oversee the budget and ensure tax payer dollars are going toward improving the school district, ensure that all students are receiving a quality education, to build strong ties with family, students, and the community., to ensure that others have a voice in educational and administrative decisions.
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
The school board should be the determining factor but only after getting feedback from faculty and the community..
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
Math, Language arts, Science, technology science, American History, Critical race theory, physical fitness, personal finances, vocational learning, SEL, foreign language, Arts and music. Sexuality courses in latter grade levels.
Which more closely matches your view of America's founding principles? A) Liberty and equality. B) Slavery and racism.
I would say both A and B.
What does "equity in education" mean to you?
Regardless of race, background or socioeconomic status, everyone should be able to receive quality education.
Written parental consent (opt-in) must be obtained before students are taught courses such as Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE) or Social Emotional Learning (SEL).
Neutral
If not written consent, some form of information letting parents know, also depending on the age of the child, allowing the parents to choose if they are comfortable with their child taking these classes.
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
All print and digital material available or presented to students should be easily accessible for public review.
Agree
Do you believe print and digital material available or presented to students should be easily accessible for public review, including those without children enrolled in school.
Yes
I think having this available encourages transparency.
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am Christian, I believe in core values, I believe in the Bible, no one is perfect but it is important to me to do one's best to be the best they can be, I believe that having compassion and love goes a very long way.
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
Men are genetically stronger than women, this puts women at a huge disadvantage when competing in a sport.
No school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.
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?
I believe that is a combination of parental guidance and the curriculum in schools, the appropriate age should be the adolescent years.
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
Physical and emotional health outcomes, consent, abstinence, human anatomy/ reproductive system, stages of pregnancy and fetal development and contraceptive methods for certain age groups
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.
Choose not to answer
I am not familiar with Judeo- Christian
I support allowing public middle and high school students to participate in athletic competition based on the gender with which they identify instead of biological sex.
Disagree
Biological males should be allowed in female locker rooms and bathrooms.
Disagree
No school official should be involved in the social or medical transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.
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?
Choose not to answer
None of the above complexly describes my position.
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?
N/A
I voted in these primaries and general elections:
2014 Democratic Primary 2016 Democratic Primary 2018 Democratic Primary 2018 General Election 2020 General Election 2022 General Election
2ND AMENDMENT
Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.
Disagree
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
When there is an issue such as the Covid pandemic, ensuring the health and well being of all students.
I support mask mandates.
Agree
All official open meetings should be live streamed, recorded, and have transcripts available online for public access.
Neutral
Depending on the topic of the meeting.
All votes should be roll call votes and recorded in meeting minutes.
Neutral
