Paul Bartkowski
Non-Partisan | Virginia
Candidate Profile
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Paul Bartkowski
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2023
Election
General and Fairfax County and Loudoun County School Boards
Race
Fairfax County School Board, Dranesville District
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Lafayette College, Easton, PA, Chemical Engineering, 1999
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
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (2)
Douglas Mastriano (2022)
WinRed (2022)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS
- Campaign Finance Documents:
- Campaign Finance Report - period of 04/05/2023 through 06/08/2023
- Campaign Finance Report - period of 06/09/2023 through 06/30/2023
- Campaign Finance Report - period of 07/01/2023 through 08/31/2023
- $500.00 contribution from Greater McLean Republican Women
- $500.00 contribution from Greater McLean Republican Women
Please note: the following information was received by iVoterGuide after panel evaluations occurred and is for educational purposes only:
- Campaign Finance Report - period of 09/01/2023 through 09/30/2023
Campaign Finance Report - period of 10/01/2023 through 10/26/2023
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.
Choose not to answer
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?
There is reasonable debate about whether public pre-K programs have any impact on student performance/outcomes. Attending college is a choice that people can make to maximize their economic potential (much like apprenticeships, volunteering, taking low-paying jobs to gain experience, etc.) and should not be publicly funded. Funding K-12 education is a successful concept that has helped make America what it is today.
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?
The function of a school board is to manage the school system on behalf of the taxpayers and the students to maximize educational benefits within the existing tax/budgetary structure of the school district.
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
The school board has that authority, which is granted to it by law, and exercises that authority on behalf of the voters and taxpayers that elect them. Part of that authority includes the ability to grant autonomy to the superintendent, individual schools, and teachers to exercise discretion in setting specific curriculum and using specific resources.
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
Virtually never, so long as they are speaking during a recognized public comment period (which should be provided).
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, American History, Physical Fitness, Information Technology (may be higher for certain students), Vocational Learning (may be higher for certain students), 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?
Equity has come to mean discriminating based on factors such as race, which is not in line with my view of what that term means. Equality of opportunity is a better definition.
Written parental consent (opt-in) must be obtained before students are taught courses such as Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE) or Social Emotional Learning (SEL).
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.
Agree
My choice of agree should be interpreted as "should be accountable..."
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.
Neutral
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
There are mechanics that might be difficult to achieve, which affects my ability to answer to this question and number 12.
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I was raised as a non-denominational Christian and generally share Judeo-Christian beliefs of good and evil.
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
This is dangerous and unfair to female athletes, not to mention inconsistent with basic biology, which dictates biological sex.
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.
Agree
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
Teaching sexual education in a neutral, age-appropriate way does not concern me.
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
human anatomy/the 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
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.
Strongly 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.
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?
Did not answer
I voted in these primaries and general elections:
2016 Republican Primary 2016 General Election 2018 General Election 2020 General Election 2022 General Election
I just don't recall all.
2ND AMENDMENT
Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.
Disagree
This question is a bit unclear to me, as a license is generally not needed to carry a gun. I do not agree that a concealed-carry permit is enough to allow a teacher to carry a gun at school as a general matter.
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
Necessity to prevent outbreaks of diseases that school-age children are uniquely susceptible to.
I support mask mandates.
Strongly Disagree
All official open meetings should be live streamed, recorded, and have transcripts available online for public access.
Agree
All votes should be roll call votes and recorded in meeting minutes.
Agree
