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


Links

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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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