April Underwood

What role should the school serve in helping a student with an unwanted or crisis pregnancy?

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

Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.

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

Teachers should be required to instruct students on mandated curriculum even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.

Abortion and gender transitioning providers, including Planned Parenthood, should be a resource for instruction or services in the school.

Consistent discipline creates a safe and orderly environment, which is essential for student learning.

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?

Educators should give students a thorough education in America's founding documents and cultivate American patriotism.

I support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).

I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.

If a member of the public flags (challenges) a book as inappropriate and the school board disagrees, should the board impose a moratorium on when the book can be challenged again? If yes, for how long?

Please list in order the following priorities in relation to the role of a K-12 public school (omitting any that do not apply): American History, Art & Music, Civics, Critical Race Theory, Foreign Language, Gender Identity, Information Technology, Language Arts, Mathematics, Personal Finances, Physical Fitness, Political Activism, Science, Sexuality, Social Emotional Learning, Vocational Learning

The state should fund education by allowing dollars to follow the child instead of the bureaucracy, through a program which allows parents the freedom to choose their child's school – public, private, or homeschool.

Which should students have: equity of outcomes or equality of opportunities?

Which type of written parental consent should be obtained before students are taught courses such as Comprehensive Sex Education (CSE)? (A) Opt-In. (B) Opt-Out. (C) None.

Who should make decisions about whether or not a book is appropriate for children? A) the elected school board members; B) an outsourced community committee

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

Children have a right to reach maturity without chemical or surgical castration, which would damage their healthy bodies through surgeries and may cause a life-long dependence on cross-sex hormones.

If sexual education is taught in schools, what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?

Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman essential to the formation and sustaining of a civil and prosperous society.

Parents have the fundamental right to raise their child in accordance with their beliefs and values, including the right to make decisions about the child's education and healthcare.

Parents should have full and timely access to any and all records, including school and medical records, associated with their minor children.

School children have the right to be protected from sexual grooming including drag shows and explicit materials with pictures of sex acts and graphic language.

Should schools be giving instruction on how to engage in sexual acts, the pleasures of sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity or should they instead focus on educating students about the science of reproduction?

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, or prison.

Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.

Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.

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?

The right to bear arms is fundamental and must be protected.

In the event of a pandemic, school districts can mandate whatever health precautions they deem necessary (including masks and vaccines) to protect students and staff.