Kristin Cobb
Non-Partisan | Texas
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Kristin Cobb
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2022
Election
General
Race
Klein ISD Board of Trustees, Position 6
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
University of Houston, Houston, Organizational Leadership, 2018
Liberty University, Lynchburg, Juris Master (Law), 2020
WORK & MILITARY
Business Owner, CEO, 9
Traveling Sales Consultant, Sales Representative, 5
Emergency Medical Services, Lead medic, 6
Substitute Teacher, Substitute, 3
AFFILIATIONS
Champions Church of Christ, Member, volunteer, bible school teacher, missionary, and coach,
Woodland Oaks Church of Christ, Member, volunteer, bible school teacher.
Texas Search and Rescue, Deployable volunteer
Urban Enrichment Institute, Contributor
Beautification of 3rd Ward Schools, Volunteer
Impact Church of Christ downtown, Congregational Volunteer
Harris County Leadership Council, Alumna member
Northwest Houston Chamber of Commerce, Member
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Member
Federalist Society, LU Chapter Member
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Candidate did not provide
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Candidate did not provide
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (2)
Paul Bettencourt; Valoree Swanson
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (10)
Senator Paul Bettencourt, District 7; Representative Valoree Swanson, District 150; County Commissioner Tom Ramsey, Precinct 2; Kyle Scott, Former Lone Star Trustee, Candidate for Harris County Treasurer; Linda Howell, Former SBOE, former Chair of Ft Bend County Republican Party
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (10)
Beth Van Duyne (2020); Conservative Republicans of Texas (2021); Donald Trump (2020); Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2019); Luis La Rotta (2020)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (1)
Republican Women's Organizations (2022)
SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Strongly Agree
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
At school, students should be able to speak freely and civilly about matters of conscience and faith, including Christianity.
Strongly Agree
School districts should not discriminate against individuals, organizations or small businesses because of their belief that marriage is only a union of one man and one woman.
Strongly Agree
Students should not be allowed to pray in school.
Strongly Disagree
ECONOMY
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
School districts should be able to use taxpayer money for lobbying the state legislature.
Strongly Disagree
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
Not all career paths require college, therefore, the burden of government funding for a college education should not be placed on the taxpayer.
EDUCATION
What is the function of the local school board?
Today, the function of the local school board is to provide local, citizen governance, and oversight of education within the district including adopting a budget and setting the tax rate. The board also adopts goals, priorities, values, and policies while monitoring its success. The board hires and evaluates the superintendent, and communicates effectively with the community.
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
The original intent of school boards was to do just that, however, since that time governments have become more involved. School districts, through locally elected boards, have the authority to make certain educational decisions for their schools, including decisions about the curriculum and methods of instruction, while parents have the right and responsibility to raise their children and control their upbringing. The board should not infringe upon those parental rights.
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
Only when doing so would interrupt or hinder the regular business of the school board meeting being conducted at the time of such speech and when out of order. School boards should assure that parents and community members are all given adequate time to speak at such meetings.
Please list in order the following priorities in relation to the role of a K-12 public school (omitting any that do not apply): Mathematics, Information Technology, Science, Political Activism, Personal Finances, Gender Identity, Physical Fitness, American History, Critical Race Theory, Language Arts, Art & Music, Vocational Learning, Sexuality, Foreign Language, Social Emotional Learning
Language Arts, Personal Finances, American History, Mathematics, Science, Vocational Learning, Art & Music, Physical Fitness, and today, focus must be placed on the newly required Social Emotional Learning component added to the TEKS to assure it does not infringe upon parents' right to raise their children and control their upbringing.
American civics education should emphasize our nation's founding principles of liberty and equality.
Strongly Agree
Before students are taught courses such as Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE) or Social Emotional Learning (SEL), they must opt-in with written parental permission.
Strongly Agree
The loss of local control in education is too high a price to pay in exchange for federal dollars.
Agree
To improve schools, an element of competition should be welcomed. However, caution must be taken for the unintended consequences of legislating for the acceptance of federal education dollars and ultimately the strings attached to such funding.
I support the teaching of curricula (such as the 1619 Project, No Place for Hate, Second Step, etc.) that emphasizes slavery and racism as the foundation of American history.
Strongly Disagree
Parents are the ultimate authority in their child’s education and should be able to freely pursue whatever educational options they deem best for their child.
Strongly Agree
2ND AMENDMENT
Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.
Agree
This must be instituted in a way that is safe for both students and staff. Great care should be taken to assure this is the case. Perhaps not all teachers who are licensed to carry should do so. Those with police or military service backgrounds, and those highly trained, should be considered to carry on campus first. Such teachers should participate in strong ongoing incident management and active shooter trainings.
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
None. School Districts should be able to suggest vaccines, not require them, especially during a local outbreak. This is why there are opt-out forms available from the state.
I support mask mandates.
Strongly Disagree
ABOUT YOU
Which of the 11 objectives specified in the Texas Education Code is your highest priority?
OBJECTIVE 5: Educators shall cultivate in students an informed American patriotism and lead students in a close study of the founding documents of the United States and Texas. The purpose of this objective is to : (1) increase students' knowledge of the deepest and noblest purposes of the United States and Texas; (2) enhance students' intellectual independence so that students may become thoughtful, informed citizens who have an appreciation for the fundamental democratic principles of our state and national heritage; and (3) guide students toward understanding and productively functioning in a free enterprise society.
Have you ever been convicted of a felony or been penalized in either civil or criminal court for sexual misconduct? If so, please explain.
No.
A candidate's personal moral values should not be relevant when considering a candidacy for elective office.
Strongly Disagree
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and immigration, which of the following best describes you overall?
Very Conservative
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
Community Impact published my interview answers, however, this was deleted. I was able to pull an archived snapshot of the information here: http://web.archive.org/web/20211020011956/https://communityimpact.com/houston/spring-klein/election/2021/10/15/qa-get-to-know-the-candidates-running-for-klein-isd-board-of-trustees-position-5/ https://fb.watch/foIcG27n7_/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ1V8ryiFoc
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
I believe I've shared who I am as best as possible along with my goal of working with the board to make impactful, effective change without compromising my values while advocating for those in the district. I am comfortable if I must be the only member voting for or against an issue brought before the board. This is quite a conservative district. Therefore, I would like to see this reflected in board governance. I have not yet seen conservative stances taken on this board though the opportunity has presented itself often.
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I hold a Biblical Worldview.
I support allowing public high school students to participate in athletic competition based on the gender with which they identify instead of biological sex.
Strongly Disagree
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
I believe that each family is responsible for teaching sexual education to their children and that the appropriate age when it should be taught should be at the discretion of parents. Therefore, if sex education is included in the district model, the parents must have the option to opt-in rather than to opt-out. Sexual education has the potential to seriously infringe upon a parent's right to control the upbringing of their child.
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) -- Physical and emotional health outcomes; contraceptive methods; consent; abstinence; sexual orientation and gender identity; human anatomy/the reproductive system; abortion methods and side effects; stages of pregnancy and fetal development; sex acts and pleasures of sex
If Sex Ed is taught, which I believe parents to be fully capable of doing themselves without the state, only certain components should be included that do not infringe upon the parent's right to control the upbringing of their children. These include abstinence, the human anatomy of the reproductive system, and the stages of pregnancy and fetal development. Physical health outcomes such as STDs should also be a part of such education. These should be taught in a neutral manner.
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
No healthcare diagnosis or treatment, whether mental, reproductive, or otherwise, should be given to a child without first receiving written consent from the parent.
Strongly Agree
No school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.
Strongly Agree
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
