Jessica Wark

Non-Partisan | Texas

Candidate Profile

Leans Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Jessica Wark


Party

Non-Partisan


Election Year

2023


Election

School Board & Special HD2


Race

Granbury ISD Board of Trustees, Place 1


Incumbent

No


Links

Jessica Wark websites Facebook

EDUCATION

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WORK & MILITARY

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AFFILIATIONS

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POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

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POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

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Race

Previous Races

OTHER INFORMATION

    • 2022 Primary election: Republican
    • 2020 Primary election: Republican
    • Voted in four Republican Primary elections 2008 - 2018

**Election Voting 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

Planned Parenthood has been publicly exposed for being dishonest.

Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.

Strongly Agree

Science agrees that human life begins at conception. To terminate after conception is to stop a human life cycle- aka to kill. US citizenship, however, begins at birth, so there is a gray area to clear up there legally.


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

PACs can lobby state legislature on behalf of school districts.

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

No for Pre-k, with exception of funding for optional pre-k services to economically disadvantaged families. For all years after age 6, government funded = government controlled = not always what's best for the children.


RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

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

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?

To write policies for the school district.

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

The school board, with input from the community.

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

When they are acting as a threat to themselves or someone else.

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/Science/History/Language Arts, Arts and Music, Vocational Learning, Information Technology, Foreign Language, Physical Fitness, Personal Finances

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?

Similar opportunities for those who put in similar efforts.

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

These should remain opt-in. Informed consent is a must for parents.

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

Agree

I agree in most cases, however not all federally funded programs are bad.

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

Agree, however, parents should still be required to educate their children to minimum standards regardless of which way they choose to do it.

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

With the exception of age appropriate reproductive science curriculum.

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

Strongly 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


VALUES

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

Non-traditional 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.

Disagree

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?

Parents first, but the school has an obligation here too. Age varies from child to child, but typically between 9-12.

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 outcomes, contraceptive methods, consent, abstinence, human anatomy

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

Agree

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.

Strongly 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.

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).

Did not answer

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

I am an "ask questions" person. If something doesn't look or sound right, I will ask questions.

I voted in these primaries and general elections:

Did not answer


2ND AMENDMENT

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

Neutral

Teachers are teachers, not security personnel. However, if teachers would like to carry a weapon, I am not against it with proper training, guidelines, and background checks.


OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES

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

Never under any circumstances. This is protected by law.

I support mask mandates.

Strongly Disagree

Science doesn't support mask mandates.

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

Agree

Transcripts would be a burden to a school district, but recording or streaming is easily attainable.

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

Neutral

Districts can determine their own voting procedures. All votes should be recorded in meeting minutes, regardless of how they were taken.

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