
Caty Presas
Non-Partisan | Texas
Candidate Profile
Leans Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Caty Presas
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2024
Election
General
Race
Brownsville ISD Board of Trustees, Position 5
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
TSC, Brownsville, 1985-1986
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
Brownsville Board of Realtors, Legilative Committee Chair & Education Committee Chair 4 years
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Brownsville Independent School District Board Member, 8
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Candidate did not provide
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
Local, County, District, and State Democrat Women (2016)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (1)
Rene Oliveira (2016)
SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS
Campaign Finance Report - 30th day before election (period covered: 09/20/2024 through 10/04/2024)
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OTHER INFORMATION
Participated in Association of Brownsville Educators Stand Together BEST Forum (10/02/2024)
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Participated in Association of Brownsville Educators's BISD Board Candidate Forum (09/07/2024)
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QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
What role should the school serve in helping a student with an unwanted or crisis pregnancy?
Counseling Services and refer or direct the student to additonal outside services available for thier crisis.
ECONOMY
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
I own a Bottling Water Company and I implement the necessary Policies and Procedures to assure my business runs effective , efficiently and productive in order to provide my product as needed in the retail business. Yes, my business is an element to the economic system.
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
I believe the funding for Pre-K from Government is necessary. Through education we are able to break the cycle of poverty. In order to ensure a comfortable lifestyle, people should educate themselves and obtain a well-paid job and contribute to the economic system. In turn, it provides financial resources for stable lives – people can afford to buy their own house and prepare for their retirement and not have to live off of the welfare system.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Teachers should be required to refer to students by pronouns which are misaligned with their gender at birth even if it would violate the teacher's moral and/or religious beliefs.
Disagree
Teachers should refer to students with their gender at birth. Teahers deserve to be respected and "Pronouns is not acceptable" .
EDUCATION
Abortion and gender-affirming providers, including Planned Parenthood, should be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Strongly Disagree
Planned Parenthood is a Non For Profit and they can provide the services at their own facilities.
Consistent discipline creates a safe and orderly environment, which is essential for student learning.
Strongly Agree
Let's keep discipline in order and our schools safe.
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
If the district is recieving tax payers dollars we should have access to review the material deistributed to our students within our Public Education System.
Educators should give students a thorough education in America's founding documents and cultivate American patriotism.
Strongly Agree
That should be a must and requirement in History Class.
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
American History, Mathematics, Language Arts, Science, Foreing Language, Phycial Fitness, Art & Music, Information Technology,Poitical Activism, Personal Finances, 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.
Agree
Parents are the advocates of their children and as parents we want the highest and best quality of education for our children.
Which should students have: equity of outcomes or equality of opportunities?
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.
(C) It should be yes or no written parental consent prior to students being taught the courses.
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
Spiritual and Moral Values raised as Christian.
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
In Health Class like our Public School System use to teach at 7th grade Middle School Aged.
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
Human Anatomy/the reproductive system; Abstinence, Consent; Contraceptive;Stages of Pregnancy and Fetal Development; Abortion Methods and Side Effects; Include the information in this class regarding Sexual Transmitted Diseases (STD) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Children have a right to reach maturity without chemical or surgical castration, which would damage their healthy bodies through surgeries and may cause infertility and a life-long dependence on cross-sex hormones.
Strongly Agree
Back in our time this didn't exist and we shouldn't allow it.
Children have the right to be protected from hypersexualization (including drag shows and explicit materials) in schools and libraries.
Strongly Agree
Children shouldn't be around drag shows nor explicit material (It's a crime to expose this type of behavior in front of a child).
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.
Strongly Agree
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.
Strongly Agree
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.
Strongly Disagree
Photo Identification Required and American Citizens Only Shall be Allowed to Vote!
EQUALITY
Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports.
Strongly Agree
Males in Males Sports At All Times.
Biological males should not be allowed to occupy women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, women's shelters, prisons, or sororities.
Strongly Agree
Males in Males Bathrooms and Males Spaces At All Times.
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 Republican 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?
Conservative
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 Agree
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.
Neutral
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