Meet the Candidate
Ewart, Shirley
Running For:
School BoardDistrict:
Gateway School DistrictSurvey
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. | S | |
| 2. Reserving girls’ sports exclusively for biological females. | S | |
| 3. Separating restrooms, locker rooms, and other privacy areas based on biological sex. | S | |
| 4. Permitting students to discuss their Christian faith with others during non-class time on school premises. | S | |
| 5. Allowing school personnel to refer students to abortion providers. | O | |
| 6. Requiring signed permission (opt-in) from a parent before a student may participate in sex education classes. | S | |
| 7. Increasing transparency by requiring videos or documents shown to students be preserved for easy review by administrators and parents. | S | |
| 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. | U* | My answer is undecided because the issue sits at the crossroads of legal obligations, personal convictions, ethical considerations, and social expectations. Schools, teachers, and communities are still working through how to respect both student identity and teacher autonomy, often without a clear, universally accepted policy. |
| 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. | S |