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SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE POSITIONS
Get to Know THE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOr YOUR SCHOOL BOARD
BY THE NUMBERS
14
Different races
11
San Diego area
school districts
16
Candidates
04
Open-ended
questions
31
"Support" or
"Oppose" STATEMENTS
14
Multiple choice questions
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HOW DID THE CANDIDATES IN YOUR DISTRICT ANSWER?
What We asked
4 open ended questions
01. What do you think is the biggest challenge your school district will be facing over the next 2-4 years?
03. How should performance be measured: For a Superintendent? For a Principal? For a teacher?
02. What has the District done well in the last 2-4 years? What has the District not done well in the last 2-4 years?
04. How should student success be measured?
Please answer the below statements with either: "support" or "oppose"
01. The school board is accountable to parents and students and should place parents and students at the forefront of decision making that impacts our students and schools.
04. Provide tutoring/college entrance counselors AT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE to all students in the District.
07. Prioritize providing ongoing racial/critical social justice (anti-racist) trainings for faculty and educators.
10. Official school District condemnation of - and response to - discrimination, harassment, and/or hate crimes perpetrated against Jews, Zionists, and Israelis should be implemented with the same parameters, consequences and intensity as condemnations of discrimination and hate crimes against other protected minorities.
13. Implement racial/critical social justice (anti-racist) activism in our District's policies, processes, and procedures.
16. Prioritize District funds towards equitable programs over academic programs.
19. School is a place for all students to be themselves and learn in an open, safe, and empowering environment.
22. Full transparency for curriculum and syllabus (including full list of all approved materials, books, resources, etc.) for every class/course in the District.
25. Our District policies, processes, and procedures should promote fairness, equality, safety and academic success for all our students that uphold all district, state, and federal legal and ethical parameters.
26. Anyone who in any way defames, harasses, or belittles anyone based on their actual or perceived race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin age, or disability should not be permitted to engage with our District’s students, teachers, programming, or curriculum.
29. Clear goals, objectives, and metrics have been established for our DEI efforts in our District.
02. Sometimes it’s ok to implement programs and resources without clear validation and/or proof of impact and measurable outcomes.
05. Strict adherence to merit-based academic standards and grading practices in our District.
08. Implementing the National Educators Association (NEA) Jewish Affairs Caucus Antisemitism Checklist into our District’s official policies, process and procedures.
11. Oversight inside classrooms to ensure teachers don’t use or teach unvetted (unapproved) resources or materials that violate School Board Policies, state legislation, existing state Ed Codes, and/or Federal Constitutional/Civil Rights protections.
14. The classroom is a place for learning fact-based, objective lessons.
17. Instructional topics shall be relevant to the adopted course of study and curricular goals and should be designed to develop students' critical thinking skills, ability to discriminate between fact and opinion, respect for others, and understanding and tolerance of diverse points of view.
20. Teachers should be able to use materials, sources, and/or content during lessons even if those materials have not been formally vetted or specifically approved by the school board.
23. Launching (or re-launching) a “Superintendents Jewish Parent Committee” to partner with the School Board once a month [or quarter, or as needed] on issues, hate incidents, and concerns facing that specific, protected minority group.
27. Objectivity, diversity of ideas, and fact-based learning is paramount to preparing our students to be global citizens.
30. Diversity of people, ideas, and viewpoints is key to the success of our District, our teachers, and our students.
03. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) is the top priority for our district.
06. Implement Ethnic Studies in the district even if the state mandate is not funded or operationalized at the state level.
09. Maintain/add more GATE/Seminar/Honors/AP options for all students.
12. Implementing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IRHA) Definition Of Antisemitism into our District’s official policies processes and procedures as adopted by the US Department of Education & Office of Civil Rights (EO).
15. Implementing, supporting, and promoting BDS in our district.
18. Partnering with the Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Consortium (Website, Instagram) & aligned organizations or liberatory educators, including those inside the Coalition for Liberated Ethnic Studies.
21. District resolution reaffirming Jewish student and faculty value and the District’s staunch condemnation of all forms of antisemitism as adopted by the US Dept. of Ed & Office of Civil Rights (EO).
24. Hire liberatory-based consultants, including Liberated Ethnic Studies, and/or their associated organizations to provide services to our District (examples: train our District’s teachers, help create new curriculum, vet or test or measure results for existing or new curriculum on behalf of the District, advise on DEI practices/ programs/ initiatives; and/or support ethnic studies, history, english, math, science, social studies, etc.).
28. All District staff, educators, administration, and school board trustees should inform, listen, and actively engage with parents and community members.
31. Performance-based evaluations of teachers throughout the District.
14 multiple choice questions
Q: Who is has the final responsibility for addressing each of the issues listed below (max 2 selections per question)?
(a) The School Board (b) The Superintendent (c) Principals (d) Teachers
01. Setting and achieving successful goals for literacy rates and math aptitude scores of District students.
04. Determining, overseeing, and assessing the District’s measurements of success.
07. Setting clear goals, objectives, and metrics for any Restorative Justice efforts, policies, or programs.
10. Implementing, including funding, of programs and resources with clear validation and/or proof of impact and measurable outcomes.
13. Proactively upholding Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which "protects students from race, color, and national origin discrimination. This prohibition encompasses discrimination, including harassment, based on a student’s actual or perceived: (1) shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics, or (2) citizenship or residency in a country with a dominant religion or distinct religious identity."
02. Failure of the District to follow District and/or State Ed Code and/or Federal Law & Guidelines.
05. Setting clear goals, objectives, and metrics for any DEI efforts, policies, or programs.
08. Responsible for assessing the success or failure of the District’s Restorative Justice practices.
11. Addressing ineffective or problematic teachers in the District’s schools.
14. Developing measures that will accurately gauge the teacher’s effectiveness as an instructor and outcomes for teachers based on the results.
03. Due diligence of resources, programming, and consultants used in the District to ensure it adheres to all District, state and federal standards, codes, and laws.
06. Assessing the success or failure of the District’s DEI programming.
09. Informing, listening, and actively engaging with parents and community members.
12. Developing measures that will accurately gauge the teacher’s effectiveness as an instructor and outcomes for teachers based on the results.