Paul Griffin
Non-Partisan | California
Candidate Profile
Leans Liberal
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Paul Griffin
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2024
Election
General
Race
Chino Valley Unified School District Board of Education, Trustee Area 2
Incumbent
No
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EDUCATION
California State University of Fullerton, Fullerton, Bachelors, 2004
Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, Associates, 2001
WORK & MILITARY
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AFFILIATIONS
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POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
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QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Disagree
While I agree human life begins at conception, any legal actions taken to prevent women from getting necessary health care is a far greater risk to our society and there are other avenues that eliminate the need for abortion while respecting human life at all stages without having to curtail the freedoms and liberties of half the population.
What role should the school serve in helping a student with an unwanted or crisis pregnancy?
Schools should provide counseling, including counseling the student to be open with their parents if it is safe to do so. As an educator, I know it is relatively easy for schools to accommodate students with their education during such a crisis.
ECONOMY
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Agree
While I agree, I also believe a heavily regulated capitalist system is required to safeguard our citizens, our environment, and our economy from irrational actors whose ambitions for making money supersede their basic responsibilities to our communities.
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
Funding education is an investment in our future generations. It is foolish to not invest in our future! Every dollar spent on educating our youth is returned ten fold.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Teachers should be required to instruct students on mandated curriculum even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Strongly Agree
There are other occupations you can pursue if you find the requirements of this job objectionable.
EDUCATION
Abortion and gender-affirming providers, including Planned Parenthood, should be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Neutral
I believe they can be an educational and instructional resource. As with all teachers in public education, they cannot be advocates for a cause, only merely providing facts.
Consistent discipline creates a safe and orderly environment, which is essential for student learning.
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
Educators should give students a thorough education in America's founding documents and cultivate American patriotism.
Agree
I support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).
Agree
I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.
Neutral
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
Language Arts, Mathematics, American History, Science, Personal Finance, Civics, Vocational Learning, Information Technology, Social Emotional Learning, Physical Fitness, Art & Music, Foreign Language, Sexuality, Political Activism
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.
Strongly Disagree
Public schools are funded with public dollars. All other educational institutions are private and do not deserve any support from public funds. If homeschooling is required for the student, then it needs to be done through a public school to receive public funds.
Which should students have: equity of outcomes or equality of opportunities?
Equality of opportunities - which is met through an equity of means, not outcomes.
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.
None. STIs and abortion rates skyrocket when education is limited or prevented.
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a Liberal Christian. I follow Jesus and His command to be loving to my neighbor to the best of my ability. I believe everyone should have a relationship with God, but that relationship must be a genuine one that each person wishes to seek on their own - that relationship cannot be forced through coercion or manipulation. All faiths must be respected, including atheism.
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
Because STIs and abortions negatively impact our society, it is society's responsibility to teach the younger generation in an effort to reduce STI and abortion rates. This can only be done through the use of public funds put into programs in our public schools. Parents have an obligation to affirm and support this process. Parents, however, cannot use misinformation or disinformation as means to subvert the education of our youth. The schools must only teach the scientific aspects of sexuality while parents must retain full authority to claim what is and is not moral and/or ethical sexual practices.
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) -- abortion methods and side effects; abstinence; consent; contraceptive methods; human anatomy/the reproductive system; physical and emotional health outcomes; sex acts and pleasures of sex; sexual orientation and gender identity; stages of pregnancy and fetal development
Abortion methods and side effects; abstinence; consent; contraceptive methods; human anatomy/the reproductive system; physical and emotional health outcomes; sex acts and the risks of each type; sexual orientation and gender identity as a theory as we currently understand it; stages of pregnancy and fetal development
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.
Strongly Agree
Only teenagers who believe they are transgender, have parental support, have gone through at least one year of psychological counseling, have had the psychologist sign off on gender affirming care, and the support of the performing surgeon' can have access to such procedures.
Children have the right to be protected from sexual grooming (including drag shows and explicit materials) in schools and libraries.
Agree
I am very wary of anyone claiming there is a need for drag shows or explicit materials in our schools. I am aware, however, that the term "explicit materials" may mean different things to different people.
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.
Agree
While this is a personal and religious belief of mine, I also keenly understand I live in a nation where respect for differing religious values is paramount. As such, I will never advocate or interfere with the rights of those wishing to seek the legal and societal benefits that come from any secular marriage.
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.
Neutral
Access to education is a fundamental right that must be preserved if our future generation is to thrive. Any parent found preventing their child from receiving a formal education may need to have their parental rights suspended. Also, if the parents choose healthcare options that are not in the best interest of their child, then the parent's rights may need to be suspended through the actions of Child Protective Services.
Parents should have full and timely access to any and all records, including school and medical records, associated with their minor children.
Strongly Agree
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Neutral
I'd prefer if everyone had photo identification, but I am fully aware of the complications this brings and the unwillingness of conservatives to adopt a program that gives everyone a Federal Identification Card. I am also fully aware that our voting system has the ability to catch election fraud very easily even without photo identification.
EQUALITY
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.
Strongly Agree
If we are talking about an XY male with no adverse syndromes or other physical characteristics or markers to indicate they are intersex, then only if this biological male has undergone at least one year's worth of hormone therapy and continues to receive it, and has had a sex change operation.
ABOUT YOU
Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.
No
Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.
No
I voted in these primaries and general elections:
2014 Republican Primary 2014 General Election 2016 Democratic Primary 2016 General Election 2018 Republican Primary 2018 General Election 2020 Republican Primary 2020 General Election 2022 Republican Primary 2022 General Election
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?
Moderate
2ND AMENDMENT
Faculty who are licensed to carry and have had ongoing training should be allowed to carry guns at school in order to respond to an active shooter situation.
Strongly Disagree
Only the school's Resource Officers should be carrying guns on a public school campus.
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
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.
Strongly Disagree
The school districts must follow State mandates. This must be handled at the federal and state levels, not at local levels.
