Meet the Candidate

Cook, Sarah

Running For:

School Board

District:

Lampeter-Strasburg School District

Survey

Response Legend

SSupport
OOppose
UUndecided
−Declined to Respond / Position Unknown / Unclear
*Comment
†Declined to respond, Position based on citation

Question	Response	Comments/Notes
1. Providing state tax credits and education savings accounts to enable parents to choose what school their child attends.	O*	School choice is valid in cases where districts are failing their students. Lampeter-Strasburg is a wonderful district and shouldn't be defunded for choice.
2. Reserving girls’ sports exclusively for biological females.	U*	Concerns around fairness and safety are valid. Cases are rare and nuanced so codifying it makes little sense: the board can weigh each individually.
3. Separating restrooms, locker rooms, and other privacy areas based on biological sex.	S*	Students who don't feel comfortable based on their gender identity should be offered a convenient, neutral, private space.
4. Permitting students to discuss their Christian faith with others during non-class time on school premises.	S*	Free speech has never been up for debate, as long as respectful boundaries are maintained.
5. Allowing school personnel to refer students to abortion providers.	O*	Wording is unclear: Abortion referral isn't appropriate. Nurses refer students and their families to local hospitals that may or may not provide those services.
6. Requiring signed permission (opt-in) from a parent before a student may participate in sex education classes.	O*	Current "opt-out" forms are more efficient and meet the need.
7. Increasing transparency by requiring videos or documents shown to students be preserved for easy review by administrators and parents.	O*	The administration takes care to make parents aware of videos and books tied to curriculum. Preserving documents runs afoul of copyright.
8. Providing curricula that advocates critical race theory and its emphasis on defining people as oppressors or oppressed based on group identity or privileges.	O
9. Requiring teachers to use "she" to describe a biological male student who identifies as a female, even if the teacher offered a reasonable alternative.	O
10. Specifying in school policy that materials containing visual depictions of people engaging in sex acts or explicit written descriptions of people engaging in sex acts is not age-appropriate for the school’s curriculum and libraries.	O*	There is a procedure in place for challenging books, but the librarians are excellent judges of educational merit. No books have been challenged.