
Josie Pillman
Non-Partisan | Wisconsin
Candidate Profile
Conservative (Conditional)
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Josie Pillman
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2025
Election
Spring
Race
School District of the Menomonie Area Board of Education, At-Large Seats (vote for three)
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Edmonton, Alberta Canada, X-ray Technician, 1975
Canadian Lutheran Bible School, Camrose, Alberta, 2yr. certificate, 1977-1979
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
World Mission Prayer League, missionary to Ecuador, Menomonie Crisis Pregnanacy Center
Counselor, Living Hope Church Menomonie, member
Pillman's Progressive School, Home school mom of six children, each one K thru 12
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Candidate did not provide
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Write-in Candidate for Menomonie School Board, April 2024
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2024)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
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?
Provide godly counsel to save the baby's life. Working together with parents and a local pregnancy center.
ECONOMY
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
Public education is important, but funding should be allowed to go to many different styles of public education at the parent's discretion.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Teachers should be required to instruct students on mandated curriculum even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Strongly Disagree
Teachers should always be allowed to speak the truth in love.
EDUCATION
Abortion and gender-affirming providers, including Planned Parenthood, should be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Strongly Disagree
Nothing immoral or untrue should be taught or affirmed in public schools. An example of an untruth would be telling children they could change their gender if they want to and no harm would be done.
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
The whole community should be interested and involved in raising children with wholesome, righteous materials.
Educators should give students a thorough education in America's founding documents and cultivate American patriotism.
Strongly Agree
I support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).
Strongly Disagree
DEI is wrong.
I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.
Strongly Agree
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
Mathematics,Language Arts, American History, Civics,Science, Information Technology,Personal Finance, Foreign Language, Art & Music,Physical Fitness, 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 Agree
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.
(A) Opt-In
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a Christian. I believe in the inerrant word of God and I believe in the doctrine of Bible-believing Lutheran churches. My values are in line with the Judeo Christian faith: Marriage is between one man and one woman for life, chastity before marriage, honesty, no stealing, respect for authority, honor God and country, be kind, treat your neighbor as you would want to be treated, dress according to your sex
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
Parents. It should begin when the parents recognize the child is ready.
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
Did not answer
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
Children have the right to be protected from sexual grooming (including drag shows and explicit materials) in schools and libraries.
Strongly Agree
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
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
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?
Very 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.
Strongly Disagree
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